22 Lengths
by Caroline Wahl
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The Empowerment of Two Sisters: a Compelling, Luminous Debut
Tilda’s days follow a strict schedule: the supermarket till, maths homework, the swimming pool, cooking, looking after her 10-year-old sister Ida — and, on bad days, her mother too. The three of them live in the saddest house on Fröhlichstraße in a small town which Tilda loathes. After all, someone has to be there for Ida, someone has to earn money, take responsibility. They have no father in their lives anymore and their mother is a depressive alcoholic; she tries, but the situation runs away from her more and more. Then Tilda is offered a PhD position in Berlin, and her future flashes before her, promising freedom and possibility. But how can she leave Ida alone with their mother? And when Viktor, Ivan’s older brother who Tilda used to be friends with, appears, her life goes off the rails. Viktor has an unabashed grin and swims 22 lengths at the pool just like she does. Viktor is there for her when the situation at home spins out of control...
22 Lengths is a raw, tender story about shitty conditions, the devastation of family life, and finding happiness somewhere between responsibility and freedom.
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Torn between her responsibility for her mother and her sister, her own dreams for her future, and new love – a moving story with unforgettable characters
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Author Biography
Caroline Wahl was born in Mainz in 1995, grew up in a village in Baden-Württemberg, and studied German in Tübingen and Modern German Literature in Berlin. She was a trainee at Klett-Cotta and worked as an assistant editor at Diogenes Verlag. '22 Bahnen' is her first novel.
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- Publisher DuMont Buchverlag
- Publication Date April 2023
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783832168032 / 3832168032
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 22 EUR
- Pages224
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language Title22 Bahnen
- Copyright Year2023
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