Ellbogen

She is seventeen. She was born in Berlin. Her name is Hazal Akgündüz. She could actually become an ordinary adult. Only that her parents, who immigrated from Turkey, feel out of place in Germany. And that Hazal makes fatal mistakes in her search for home. At first, it’s just a stolen lipstick. Then it escalates to blunt violence. When the police are after her, Hazal flees to Istanbul, a place she has never been before. Fatma Aydemir tells a warm-hearted and wild story about the many people living between cultures and nations, and their search for a place in the world. You want to help Hazal, you want to run through the night with her, you want to know what happens next for her and for all of us.