Hätt' ich ein Kind

At the beginning was the desire for children: "You will not have children" – this sentence turns Kathi's life upside down. She is in her mid-thirties, writing her dissertation on Grimms' fairy tales, and lives with her boyfriend in a small apartment in Berlin. Not having children was never an option. When her best friend Effi becomes pregnant, of all people her Effi, her most reliable ally, Kathi faces the truth – and submits an adoption application. The two friends support each other through the following months, laughing even when it sometimes feels like crying, and become mothers. Each in her own way. "A funny, sad, angry, and wise book about the question of whether a person must give birth to be a mother. Spoiler: One does not have to." – Mareice Kaiser.