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Daughter Thea: Quantum physicist. Father Randolph: Astrophysicist. Location: Edgefield Home, an expensive nursing home in England. What connects father and daughter? Nothing. But now he needs her help, though not in the way she expected. "He is not the classic nursing case. But your relationship with him is one." This is what Thea's sister says. She is an ornithologist and is in Patagonia due to the breeding season of the rock parakeets. She cannot take care of their father's move to a more affordable nursing home. So, Thea reluctantly sets off for England to sort things out quickly. However, this journey leads her not only to a dilapidated mansion with highly eccentric residents – including Florence Nightingale, a dubious caregiver robot named Sidney, and a charming yet stubborn priest – but also to an exploration of the "fatherland," which has always felt so foreign to her. It will be an undertaking full of uncertainties and misunderstandings, a balancing act between adventurous research endeavors and common sense, but also a journey into the world of emotions and tender connections. In the end, Thea will not only see her father differently but also science and her own life through entirely new eyes. A novel for anyone who has always found physics a puzzle – and their own father as well.