When Simenon comes to Liège to accompany his elderly mother in her final days, washed-out gray eyes turn towards him. "Why have you come, Georges?" Thus begins a final, motionless duel between mother and son. Growing up in poverty, the mother's life was marked by deprivation and an unwavering desire to rise above her circumstances. She met people on the street with gentleness, but treated her loved ones harshly and intolerantly. Her son was never good enough. Did they ever understand each other, did they ever love each other? Three years after her death, Simenon wrote a letter to his mother. A slim book with a powerful impact. Unabridged reading by Ulrich Noethen, new translation, 2 CDs with booklet, approximately 2 hours and 38 minutes.