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Mediocre style to a degree of becoming annoying. The characters are clichéd. Krien doesn't shy away from letting them repeat prejudices about the young generation, politics and society. Their faded love almost takes a back seat. Redeemed by letting them root for critical analysis and classic virtues, matching up with the personal prejudices of readers of her generation (at least mine). A few diamonds in the rough.

In this world, Rahel asks her husband to buy a bottle of Scheurebe for dinner, buys a book by Elizabeth Strout for the vacation, sighs quietly. Peter, the husband, despairs of his students and causes a shitstorm when he reads 'Frau' from a list to address a non-binary person.
Things pick up when her daughter arrives in their vacation home (a farm in the Uckermark) and the generation Z bashing begins.

Elmex Gelee und Fissurenversiegelung mentioned 😎

damn

A German literary novel about ageing and how your life can tailspin when you realise the world has changed drastically, but you haven't, and you just can't wrap your head around it. So far, pretty good!