A sensational success right from the start - over 250,000 copies sold. The memories of summer vacations at grandmother's house are vibrant and magical, while the stories of the aunts are mysterious. Katharina Hagena tells the tale of the women in a family, intertwining the fates of three generations. It is a novel about remembering and forgetting - moving, wonderfully funny, and clever. When Bertha dies, Iris inherits the house. After many years, Iris finds herself back in her grandmother's old house, where she played dress-up with her cousin during summer vacations as a child. She wanders through the rooms and the garden, a world out of time, where red currants turn white overnight and are cooked down as preserved tears, where a tree blooms twice, villages disappear, and women shake sparks from their fingers. However, the garden has since become overgrown.