Und die Welt war jung

The prelude to the new two-volume saga by bestselling author Carmen Korn. Three families, three cities, one decade. January 1, 1950: Cologne, Hamburg and San Remo welcome the new decade. The last one left deep wounds: in the cities, in the minds and in the hearts. Gerda and Heinrich Aldenhoven's house in Cologne is bursting at the seams. Heinrich's art gallery does not yield enough to feed all the hungry mouths. In Hamburg, on the other hand, Gerda's friend Elisabeth and her husband Kurt are less concerned about money. As the advertising manager of a savings bank, Kurt is able to secure a modest existence for his family. But here, too, they long for more ease in life. His son-in-law Joachim has still not returned from the war. Margarethe, née Aldenhoven, has moved from Cologne to San Remo. Life at her Italian husband's side seems carefree, but Margarethe is tormented by her dependence on her mother-in-law. As differently as they spent New Year's Eve - at Jöck in Cologne, quietly at home in Hamburg, glamorously in San Remo - the questions on New Year's morning are the same: Will the wounds finally heal? What does the future hold? In her new saga, Carmen Korn lets us dive deep into the post-war decades. Through the stories of three families she tells of new beginnings in Cologne, Hamburg and San Remo, of big and small moments, of celebrations that are celebrated together, of challenges that have to be overcome. And of the desire to let something good come out of the difficult, the hope that it is not over yet, life and happiness.