A Place Called Home
Fiction, Women's Fiction
“You should experience your happiness twice!”
On Maya Winter’s 30th birthday, a strange man bursts into the family party and greets Maya’s grandmother Charlotte with the words: “Hello, Lottie! It’s me, Muck.” The 90-year-old lady faints. Who is this man about whom Charlotte’s daughter Paula and granddaughter have never heard? Charlotte has always refused to talk about her past as a young woman during the Nazi regime. Why did she never want to return to her home village to visit her mother Lisette? What happened back then? She finally breaks her silence and speaks about her tragic love for Paul, the resistance fighter, and about the greatest loss of her life, which changed her forever.
• The third and final part of the Winter Women series
• A generational novel that focuses on the relationships between grandmothers, mothers and daughters
• For readers of Elena Ferrante
Astrid Ruppert worked as a dramatic consultant and producer for television productions after completing her degree in literature. She lives in the countryside, and works as an author and screenwriter.
“You should experience your happiness twice!”
On Maya Winter’s 30th birthday, a strange man bursts into the family party and greets Maya’s grandmother Charlotte with the words: “Hello, Lottie! It’s me, Muck.” The 90-year-old lady faints. Who is this man about whom Charlotte’s daughter Paula and granddaughter have never heard? Charlotte has always refused to talk about her past as a young woman during the Nazi regime. Why did she never want to return to her home village to visit her mother Lisette? What happened back then? She finally breaks her silence and speaks about her tragic love for Paul, the resistance fighter, and about the greatest loss of her life, which changed her forever.
• The third and final part of the Winter Women series
• A generational novel that focuses on the relationships between grandmothers, mothers and daughters
• For readers of Elena Ferrante