A beautiful music, a happy family, and a love story - that is the recipe for a successful regional novel. The world cannot be more beautiful and intact than in Schöngraben by the Rauscher: people connected to their homeland, a strong sense of community, and an upcoming wedding. If it weren't for the constant disturbances: a distant cousin who wants to uncover a murder in the family, a Moni who falls in love with a Michael, characters who refuse to follow the rules, and a novelist who uses despicable means to thwart the happy ending. Within the framework of a user manual, Petra Piuk designs the provincial anti-idyll and gradually dismantles the illusion of a perfect world. Bitterly funny and at the same time highly entertaining, she turns the regional novel on its head and subverts all the rules of classical storytelling. The midwife places a suction cup over my head.