Café Hawelka

"Café Hawelka"
| Exciting and touching family novel set in Vienna in 1945 and 1986The Viennese author Maria Wachter has written a captivating novel about a family, old secrets and the irresistible atmosphere of the famous artists' café.The moving story of a family that finds a home in Café Hawelka for generationsVienna, 1968: The bustling Café Hawelka with its illustrious guests has always been the second living room of 22-year-old Jutta and her mother Else. They have never spoken about how this came about. When Jutta wants to look at old family documents for her upcoming wedding, Else avoids her. The memories of 1945 in bombed-out Vienna, when Else found refuge with Josefine Hawelka, are too painful. And of her father, who abandoned his children back then. Else should finally talk to her daughter - but even she doesn't know the whole truth yet ...The perfect book for fans of historical novels and books about family secretsIn this wonderful novel, the legendary Viennese Café Hawelka becomes the atmospheric setting for a family story on two time levels. Immerse yourself in the Vienna of 1945, where Josefine and Leopold Hawelka bring their café back to life after the dramatic years of war - and make it the centre of Else's life: The young woman finds shelter with the Hawelkas. Else's clever and curious daughter, on the other hand, discovers a disturbing family secret in 1968 that has a lot to do with Else's past.more than just a café: The Hawelka is a home! Let yourself be carried away into a highly exciting story about a Viennese coffee house that is still legendary today!