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Chapter 9 primarily explores two different responses to injustice and exclusion. Direktorka has experienced financial insecurity and struggled to establish herself, yet these experiences have not destroyed her belief that people can succeed if given the right opportunities. The narrator has developed a much darker worldview. She sees society as fundamentally unfair and feels an increasingly strong desire to punish

Chapter 8 paints a chaotic portrait of Vienna’s alternative cultural scene, where ambition, creativity, poverty and self-destruction coexist. The women, now after 10 yearsin their thirties, feel that life has somehow passed them by. Their friends in the culture scene seem equally lost, chasing success while barely surviving. But the parties and social connections provides some normality while struggling.

Chapter 7 explores migration, class and the consequences of power. The women struggle to belong in Vienna and erase Hanelore’s abusive brothers to help her. The grandmother’s magic triggers economic collapse as people, factories and communities disappear, possibly symbolising Yugoslavia’s disintegration. The deeper message is that no one exists in isolation: erasing people destroys entire social worlds.

At its core, chapter 5 explores identity, belonging and power. Having suffered for being different, Maša and the narrator now impose their own ideas of normality on others,deciding who deserves to exist and in what form.The irony is that they become the very forces that once oppressed them. Most disturbing is not their ability to "erase people", but their conviction that they are doing good rather than causing harm.

Chapter 4 reveals the women's supernatural powers and their secret work helping others through an astrology column. Maša is the most gifted and has successfully adapted to life in Austria, yet her talents have not brought financial security. Meanwhile, the narrator reflects on loneliness and emotional distance within their friendship. The satire lies in their ability to change others' lives but not their own.

Chapter 3: reflects on the women's pessimism, loneliness and mysterious powers. Despite their abilities, they struggle financially and feel unsuccessful. Direktorka's extraordinary empathy makes her essential to the group. At their usual café meeting, Maša reads a notice about a 54-year-old man who lost his job after 20 years, highlighting the economic insecurity and vulnerability they recognise in themselves.

Chapter #Beč paints a satirical portrait of Vienna through cafés, supermarkets, banks, advertisements and public initiatives. Everything appears efficient, prosperous, safe and progressive, yet the relentless consumerism, surveillance and regulations reveal a more absurd reality. References to Balkan music and diaspora life contrast with Austria's polished self-image, exposing the contradictions of the society

On her way to meet friends, the narrator watches a pigeon eating vomit, reflecting on how cities chew people up and spit them out. The three women, struggling with depression and alienation, have met every Saturday at a Vienna café for 2 years. Their gatherings resemble formal business meetings rather than friendly conversations. This Saturday, they arrive with documents and notes, preparing for something significant

The narrator introduces three women living in Vienna who struggle with depression, alienation, and a sense of not belonging. All three have experienced migration and see choosing where to live as both freedom and responsibility. Looking back, the narrator recalls a particular Saturday meeting that would change their lives. Each woman has hidden motives and hopes to escape her unhappy circumstances.