Gussie
In order to save her daughters, she had to betray her husband
Bonn, 1948: A woman on her deathbed in Johannes Hospital replays scenes from her life. Gussie Zinsser was 24 when she married widower Konrad Adenauer, 19 years her senior, becoming stepmother to his three children. Over the years, she gives birth to five more. Gussie, wife of the Lord Mayor of Cologne, is in the public eye, and becomes more and more politically active in her own right. She and Konrad are united by their shared love of music and gardening – outgoing, quirky Gussie and stiff, reserved Konrad. But Hitler’s rise to power changes everything. Adenauer has to go into hiding, and Gussie, left alone with the children, has to cope with difficult conditions in the Third Reich. Soon, the Gestapo present her with an utterly inhuman choice …
- Scenes from a remarkable woman’s life, captured in a novel that you won’t forget
- Told powerfully, with great affection for the people portrayed
- The untold story of Gussie, wife of Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Christoph Wortberg, born in 1963, initially worked as an actor and audiobook narrator after completing his studies in Philosophy, German Studies and History. For many years, he has been a successful screenplay author as well as a writer of young-adult fiction.
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