Who was Hanna? This woman often defied expectations. She married her three college friends one after the other and had three daughters. She was always lost in poetry, which made her forget the daily grind. She navigated between her family’s expectations and her own desires, rarely finding time for herself.
Many years after Hanna's death, her youngest daughter looks back on her mother's life and her own 1970s and 1980s childhood in the Rhineland. Hanna ensured each day was different from the norm – a life balancing bourgeois and bohemian. From champagne and Pushkin in bed on Sunday mornings to visiting the library where her mother worked and flirted with shy students, Hanna's life was unique. They played poker under the Christmas tree and took adventurous rides in a Citroën 2CV. Eventually, Hanna decided to leave her family and start a new life on her own.
Caroline Peters tells the story with sensitivity and ease, capturing a daughter’s questions to her late mother and herself about forging her own path.
