The Summer of Her Life
$28.16
- Hardcover
80 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2020
Summary
Gerda stands at the window of her nursing home, looking up at the stars. A simple question has been haunting her for years, but until now she’s managed to avoid it: has her life been a happy one?
As Gerda negotiates the degradations of old age and the indignity of being cared for by strangers, the past begins to seep into the present. Memories sweep over her. She remembers her life as a bespectacled schoolgirl, bullied for being smart. She remembers her ambition to enter the closed an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910593783 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910593788 |
| Author: | Thomas Von Steinaecker, Barbara Yelin |
| Publisher: | SelfMadeHero |
| Imprint: | SelfMadeHero |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 650g |
| Dimensions: | 295mm x 195mm x 15mm |
About The Author
Thomas Von Steinaecker
Barbara Yelin studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Her original graphic novel, Irmina, was nominated for an Eisner Award and an Ignatz award. She lives and works in Munich.
Thomas Von Steinacker is a German novelist and journalist. He has written extensively for radio and is the creator of several documentaries, including Richard Straus and His Heroines. Two of his novels have been nominated for the German Book Prize.
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