MARIA-CHRISTINA PIWOWARSKI

With literary contributions by Gabriele von Arnim, Zsuzsa Bànk, Marica Bodrožić, Isabel Bogdan, Ann Cotten, Mareike Fallwickl, Julia Friese, Olga Grjasnowa, Claudia Hamm, Stefanie Jaksch, Rasha Khayat, Christine Koschmieder, Jarka Kubsova, Daria Kinga Majewski, Maria-Christina Piwowarski, Judith Poznan, Slata Roschal, Caca Savic, Clara Schaksmeier and Simone Scharbert

Our lives are nowhere near as linear as books often make them out to be. In midlife at the latest, many people lose themselves in the thicket of past and future possibilities, suddenly finding themselves in dead ends where there should actually be forks in the road. Women in particular are confronted with social obstacles when they deviate from predetermined paths and dare to make a new start.

The anthology "And I" tells of moments of pause in which everything is turned upside down, only to be straightened out again in the end. In it, 20 authors describe very different paths in life, which sooner or later all led to a turning point, to an all-changing decision. 20 texts that inspire and encourage, but also disturb and shake up. And which show that it is never too late to give your life a new direction.

"You have to turn off straight roads at some point to arrive happily where you didn't want to go. The stories in this wonderful anthology tell of this."
Gabriele von Arnim

"Und ich" will be published on 26.9.2024 by Ullstein Verlag, 272 pages