Alles kein Zufall

The bestselling author Elke Heidenreich has written a "grandiose declaration of love to life with all its tragedy and beauty" (Meike Schnitzler, Brigitte). Everyone always wants to be happy. But what actually is happiness? And who was already permanently happy? What is this life, this series of different moments, which sometimes seem as if some god had thrown the dice? Elke Heidenreich tells about herself, about love and quarrels, about encounters and separations, about animals and books. She tells about all of us, with an incorruptible look, and always with affection and warmth. Elke Heidenreich's love is for the colourful, headstrong birds that neither want to eat everything nor die. Just as she herself is one - and many of the other people she tells about. What is this life, this series of different moments, which sometimes seem as if any one of them had been a part of it?