Vierzig Fieber

Good day, my name is Charlotte Niesguth, I am under forty and facing the end. Pubescent teenagers, dance-crazy seniors, personally addressed stairlift advertisements. Suddenly, aging comes crashing down on Charlotte Niesguth from all sides. Yet she is only in her late thirties and had no issues with getting older. Or so she thought. All of a sudden, new questions arise for Charlotte: What happens when you outgrow your shoe size? Until when do you get older, and when do you become old? And who notices it first? Childless in a blended family, self-employed as a jack-of-all-trades, and unmarried in a committed relationship, Charlotte stumbles through her life between post-adolescence and stubborn aging. The Cologne cabaret artist and author Dagmar Schönleber embarks on an entertaining balancing act between youth and age, comedy and melancholy in her episodic novel.