The Heritage of the Crab Fishers

When the sea calls, there’s no turning back

Runa Hansen lives on a houseboat in the middle of Hamburg with her 17-year-old son. She has a successful career and – most importantly of all – her independence. But then Runa’s brother has an accident in his crab fishing cutter – and nothing can be the same again. The family business on the North Sea coast is in danger of collapsing and old conflicts resurface. Runa is faced with a choice: career or heritage, head or heart? Deep within her, a longing for reconciliation and a new beginning, a longing for home, begins to grow. Is she willing to face the past, and the challenges of crab fishing, to save her family and find peace and happiness?

  • The Heritage of the Crab Fishers’ tells a poignant tale of the balancing act between career and roots, between modern and traditional life
  • For readers of Sharon Gosling and Rosamunde Pilcher
Genre: Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
Danela Pietrek

Danela Pietrek has worked in the film industry, working as a producer and writing screenplays. She has published several novels, lives in Hamburg and has two daughters.

400 pages, ISBN: 978-3-423-22164-1
First published 2026