It’s Always Down to the Past
Mother and Daughter – What connects them? One gave birth to the other
›Well, the dog is here now, so you’ll have to look after it‹ says Mum. ›Just like a child – you have to care for it no matter what.‹
But daughter Karla has different plans. She runs away from Leipzig, breaking off contact with her complicated mother, Gerda. Now in Cologne, Karla is struggling with her studies, stressed about rent, and wondering whether to take the next step with her girlfriend. In an honest novel, full of humour and tenderness, Paula Irmschler tells the story of two very different women who just happen to be mother and daughter.
- Paula Irmschler writes with disarming honesty
- Her novel is full of warmth, humanity, and humour – a contemporary story about womanhood and motherhood
- »Funny, touching, sad, accurate, entertaining – the whole package. Treat yourself!« – Alena Schröder
Paula Irmschler, born in Dresden in 1989, studied in Chemnitz, and now lives in Cologne. She wrote for newspapers and magazines like Neues Deutschland, Jungle World, Missy Magazine and Musikexpress. She has been an editor at the satirical newspaper TITANIC and is in the writers' room of Jan Böhmermann’s late night show ZDF Magazin Royale. Her debut ‘Superbusen’ (‘Super Boobs’) was a bestseller, has been adapted for the stage and is currently turned into a movie. Her highly acclaimed second novel ‘It’s Always Down to the Past’ was published in 2024.
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