A masterfully composed novel full of humour about four very different people who create a family of choice in their middle age
After separating from her partner, Constanze moves into an apartment share with Jörg, Murat, and Anke. What was initially meant to be a temporary arrangement ends up becoming increasingly stable. There’s Jörg, the owner of the apartment, who is growing more and more forgetful; Anke, a middle-aged actress who nowadays rarely gets booked and suddenly isn’t the only woman in the apartment anymore; and Murat, who simply refuses to worry and sweeps the others up in his zest for life, which sometimes also has an unnerving effect on them. As a newcomer in their midst, Constanze shifts the existing tectonics considerably. All four roommates have their own dreams and longings. At some point, they have to ask themselves whether theirs is a purely functional co-living arrangement or a family of choice.
