A captivating family novel filled with exuberant humor. In a Greek mountain village, Yiayia Maria misinterprets the signs and plunges several generations of her family into misfortune. In a small town in Lower Saxony, her grandson discovers the eroticism of the German language. His cousin gives birth to a daughter on a stormy night, who is born with a lucky charm. Meanwhile, in the Austrian province, a fierce battle for dominance in the pedestrian zone is underway, while in a Swiss metropolis, ants and grasshoppers are simmering against longing. On an island shaped like a stag beetle, a jobless union worker desperately searches for his wedding ring, while a quirky pop star reunites with the woman he lost forty years ago. In her second novel, Vea Kaiser tells this story with furious storytelling and enchanting tragedy.