A final visit to the childhood paradise. It is the last time that Richard Sparka travels with his partner Klara and their children Karl and Ricarda to Schmogrow in the Oderbruch, as the house where he spent his childhood holidays will be sold after the death of its charmingly willful owner. However, Richard discovers that his beloved, nature-oriented self-sufficiency at this place also has dark aspects. Funny and serious, historically aware and contemporary, detail-oriented and focused on the big questions, Jochen Schmidt narrates the eternal search for the good life. It is the last time that Richard Sparka, familiar from Jochen Schmidt's novel "Zuckersand," goes with his own family—partner Klara and children Karl and Ricarda—to the beloved childhood paradise of Schmogrow in the Oderbruch. After the death of the Tatziets, who for decades turned the house and garden, the village, and the surroundings into a holiday idyll and a haven of true living, the house will be demolished and the property sold. Richard, entangled in educational conflicts with Klara and confronted with the stubbornness of the children, wants to continue his eternal struggle against the uglification of the world in memory of the "Wonders of Schmogrow." Through memories and explorations, with a kind of archive of history and the spiritual and practical wisdom of the Tatziet family, Richard seeks the happiness of Schmogrow and discovers that much in the nature-oriented self-sufficiency paradise— with its love for permanence and resistance to any waste—also carries dark aspects. Funny and serious, historically aware and very contemporary, detail-oriented and focused on the big questions, Jochen Schmidt tells of the eternal search for the good life.