Charley is gone, long gone. But his companion cannot let go of him. Although Charley has left her, she is not leaving him anytime soon. He is still her counterpart, her conversation partner; she thinks for him, collects finds for him, reads to him, writes stories for him, and keeps lists. In her letters to him, she reflects on their shared time. Anger, abandonment, longing, and memories alternate. In this way, she reinvents Charley anew every day. And with her writing, her power over her beloved grows: the narrator alone decides who Charley was and is. At the same time, certainties slip for all involved: How was it really back then? The award-winning author Annette Pehnt presents her richly layered and virtuoso new novel.