“How do we get to paradise?” asks the best-selling author Elke Heidenreich in one of her columns. She might not know exactly how to get there, but over the course of 17 years her observations of what we find lying around on the side of the road to heaven have been avidly pored over by readers of Brigitte magazine. Her thoughts remain – 17 years after the last of her columns was published – just as relevant today as they were at the time. She has brooded over books, examined the significance of cleaning your windows, mulled the merits of wasting time and considered the secrets of kale. Yet she has also written about the little things, like death and happiness. Her keen sense of irony and astute wit give her the tools to expertly dissect the difficulties of daily life, sometimes making us laugh out loud, sometimes pause sombrely for thought…
A collection of Elke Heidenreich’s best columns from 17 years at Brigitte – thoughtful, funny and surprising.
