The new gripping best-seller by Hera Lind — based on a true love story
It’s love at first sight when Johanna and Dieto meet for the first time in Dresden in 1957. Their fathers, who were imprisoned by the Russians together, teach their children the artistic-gymnastic stunts that certainly saved them from death in the labour camps. But when the couple finally achieve world level after hard training, Dieto is conscripted to the army for a year. On the spur of the moment, the young couple flea over the Adriatic sea in a dinghy. After 36 hours, they arrive totally exhausted and in just their bathing costumes. And then they realised that without their equipment, they cannot make a life for themselves. Dieto leaves Johanna with strangers and tries a second time...
“The new novel by Hera Lind is drama and social criticism in one and is a real page turner.” Solinger Tagblatt about Vergib uns unsere Schuld
“Hera Lind thrillingly recounts this adventurous and dramatic escape.” Ruhr Nachrichten about Die Frau zwischen den Welten
