Kohlenstaub auf Glas

She would love to escape the merciless Bavarian Forest forever: As a child, Josefa suffers just as much from the superstitious forest dwellers because of her unusual appearance as she does from her mother's mistreatment. As a young woman she experiences - even if only for a short time - what happiness means. Far too soon, however, it is cruelly taken from her again. But she rebels against her fate in her own way, always thinking first of her son, for whom she wishes a better future. A stirring story set in the Bavarian Forest of the 19th century that gets under your skin! In her debut novel, Stephanie Michaela Weiss writes about the special strength that defines women: an inner strength that makes them rise above themselves and defy their fate. A topic that is always topical - then as now.