Nichts davon ist wahr

A novel like a party: The language sparks, dives into pleasure, and penetrates the most hidden corners. Veronica Raimo tells the story of the challenges of growing up in a perfectly normal yet abnormal family. She has found a new language that is as delicate as it is precise. With wonderful humor, she paints the chaotic yet truthful picture of a young woman in the 21st century. Veronica wonders how she became the woman she is. Her memories take her back to her rather peculiar family. No party goes by without the phone ringing at some point, with helicopter mom Francesca calling. The father wants the family to survive solely on canned goods sealed before the Chernobyl disaster and spends his free time building more and more dividing walls in their apartment. And then there's the brother, an annoying and attention-seeking genius. It’s already hard enough to transition from girl to woman, and ideally, to do so successfully, emancipated, and happy. With her award-winning autofictional tragicomedy "None of This Is True," Veronica Raimo has written a very funny book about the pitfalls and abysses of life.