Die geteilte Schuld

Are we connected to our mothers for all time? Frankfurt an der Oder, late 1970s: For young crane operator Tina, there is nothing more beautiful than the limitless view from above. She dreams of finding a place for herself, her husband Mischa, and their baby in the new apartment blocks. But the future looks different. Mischa, whose great passion is music, does not return after a concert in the West in 1986, and Tina's world collapses. When the wall falls, she flees into a deceptive happiness – leaving her child behind. Decades later, in reunified Germany, a writer takes on an unwanted job at a newspaper. She becomes pregnant, and when she is abandoned by the father of her child shortly after giving birth, she too makes an existential decision. Yvonne Zitzmann writes with poetry and humanity about guilt and the search for reconciliation – about what has held us captive since childhood.