Die Seebadvilla

Three women. Three generations. One fate. Ahlbeck, 1952: Together with her daughters Henni and Lisbeth, Grete runs a small guesthouse on Usedom. Life in East Germany is not easy for the three women. The fact that they run their own business is a thorn in the government's side. Munich, 1992: Among her mother Henni's belongings, Caroline finds a letter regarding the restitution of a villa on Usedom. Caroline has never heard of the estate before. She confronts her mother, but Henni refuses to talk about the past, so Caroline decides to travel to the Baltic Sea on her own. A family novel that takes us into a part of German-German history. A novel that shows how important it can be to uncover secrets in order to allow the wounds of the past to heal.