Cover Hardcover
Size 228 Pages
Format 13,5 x 21,0
ISBN 978-3-7117-2071-9
First published 2018
»What Swallows Dream of«
A strong girl in the past as an inspiration for the present: Daniela Meisel links a remarkable girl's story in the nineteen-thirties with society's expectations of women today.
Freda, an illegitimate child, is a tomboy and doesn’t fit in. Her father rarely shows up, her mother’s plans for her smother her. Only the new boy in school, Benjamin, truly understands her. Despite of dark times, a fragile first love starts to blossom. But National Socialism is on the rise, and Benjamin and his family disappear. Freda’s father abandons her and war is approaching. The girl has to face a grim world, but will not be broken.
A strong girl in the past as an inspiration for the present: Daniela Meisel links a remarkable girl's story in the nineteen-thirties with society's expectations of women today.
Freda, an illegitimate child, is a tomboy and doesn’t fit in. Her father rarely shows up, her mother’s plans for her smother her. Only the new boy in school, Benjamin, truly understands her. Despite of dark times, a fragile first love starts to blossom. But National Socialism is on the rise, and Benjamin and his family disappear. Freda’s father abandons her and war is approaching. The girl has to face a grim world, but will not be broken.