How heavy is a secret? A large, sensitively told family novel about life decisions that can drive us apart – or connect us forever. Enna and Jale call the Elbe marshes home. They live in the rhythm of ebb and flow, watching cormorants and oystercatchers, counting the days until their mother Alea is released from prison. But when the day finally comes, not only does Alea disappear without a trace, but so does Jale. Determined, Enna searches the Old Land for them, unaware that this journey will change her forever.

Atmospheric, close to nature, and gripping like a crime novel! Simone Finkenwirth, bookstore stories!.