ALL IS GOLDEN

  • Two women, a road trip, and the question: What is the meaning of one's own life when, theoretically, anything is possible?
  • With her new novel, Lisa Roy captures the defining sentiment of the millennial generation.

Jana Doktor is nearly thirty, freshly separated, and has temporarily moved back in with her parents. Her studies are stagnant, and she is pregnant after a one-night stand - so things are certainly not looking great. Should she keep the child or not? She hesitates to confide in the person closest to her, her brother - queer, happily married, and recently a father - feeling he has enough on his plate.

In a Cologne snack bar, Jana meets a woman completely unlike her: self-confident and clear. But Miral is also at a turning point. The two women spontaneously embark on a road trip to Italy, which holds an unexpected experience for Jana: an epiphany?

Laconically yet warmly, Lisa Roy tells of the search for meaning and belonging, for faith, family, love, and friendship in an increasingly confusing world.

"Few sentences, great impact. In Roy's novel, everything has sharp edges, as if the sun were always shining, until everything burns." (Der Spiegel on Keine gute Geschichte)

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Hundert Augen
  • Release: 15.05.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-498-00758-4
  • 272 Pages
  • Author: Lisa Roy

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Lisa Roy was born in Leipzig in 1990 and grew up in the Ruhr area. She studied in Dortmund and Cologne and has published in various literary magazines and anthologies. For her work on her first novel, Keine gute Geschichte , she received the Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Scholarship from the city of Cologne and the GWK Promotional Award for Literature in 2021. Lisa Roy lives with her family in Cologne.