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An Era in Transition - The Story of Two Decades: Three Women Follow Their Path.

In the contemporary historical novel "Our Precious Life," bestselling author Katharina Fuchs shares her own childhood story: Three young women rebel against societal injustices and their parents' expectations.

Germany 1972: Anyone crossing the small industrial town of Westwind is enchanted by the sweet scent of chocolate that drapes over the residential houses and single-family villas like a cocoa-soaked gauze cloth. Only on days with an east wind do the residents of Mainheim find their eyes watering from the sharp chemical fumes; the Main River has long since turned toxic. No resident ever complains, but then something terrible happens - and three young girls ask questions that not everyone appreciates.

Following the stories of her grandmothers, as well as her mother and aunt, Katharina Fuchs now recounts her own childhood and youth in the 1970s and 1980s.

"Bestselling author Katharina Fuchs takes readers on a time travel to a rebellious and wild youth of the seventies" - Hessischer Rundfunk HR4.

The true story of her grandmothers has been documented by the bestselling author in the historical novel "Two Handfuls of Life" (1914-1953), and the stories of her mother and aunt in "New Life" (1950s and 1960s).