Love stories? Are there any others? asks the author. Whether he writes about the struggles of a twelve-year-old girl who feels responsible for her family after her mother's death, describes a bachelor party with East German construction workers, or tells the story of a nurse in Uckermark who leaves her house to West German holidaymakers while she camps in the garden with her son, whether he introduces us to an unemployed alcoholic who discovers his wife's secrets, or a circus helper who can no longer bear the mistreatment of the animals - love is always the watermark of these stories.