The Summer of Her Life
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Contributions
- John Reddick - Translator
Publication
2020-05-07 - SelfMadeHero, London, UK
Language
English
Word Count
20,000 words, Guess
Page Count
80 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-101910593788
- ISBN-139781910593783
- OCLC Control Number1178775912
- Better World Books9781910593783
- Open LibraryOL29455506M
Classifications
- DDC741.5
Description
Die alte Gerda steht am Fenster des Seniorenheims und schaut in die Sterne. Lange hat sie die Frage aufgeschoben, jetzt sucht sie eine Antwort darauf: Hatte sie ein glückliches Leben? Und während sie versucht, den Alltag im Heim zu meistern, denkt sie zurück, an ihre Jugend in den 1960er Jahren; ihre Begeisterung für ein Fach, in der sie als Frau schief angesehen wurde, die Astrophysik; die harte Wahl, die sie damals treffen musste, in jenem Sommer ihres Lebens: zwischen ihrer Liebe zu Peter und einer Karriere im Ausland...
Description
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 and overwhelmingly male field of astrophysics. And she remembers, most powerfully, that one summer – the summer of her life – during which she would be forced to make the most difficult decision of all: between her career and the love of her life. The Summer of Her Life is a poetic, touching and profound graphic novel that grapples with questions that are too often left unasked. What is it like to spend your twilight years in a home? How do you know whether you’ve made the right choices? And what does it mean, in the end, to be happy?
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