zwischen/miete NRW brings literary lightness to Bielefeld's cozy living rooms: author Caroline Schmitt is a guest in a shared flat to read from and chat about her latest novel "Monstergott".

With her second novel, Caroline Schmitt succeeds in packaging a socially controversial topic in an entertaining, sensitive and mercilessly exciting way: The free church. Siblings Ben and Esther actually have everything they need: a vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ and important roles in their church - the divinely sparkling safe space where the pastor wears expensive sneakers, his wife shares highlights from the sermon on Instagram and God loves us so much that he gave his only son, and so on. But Ben has a problem that stands between him and his divine father. No one knows about it, not even his sister Esther. The more desperate he is to free himself from the clutches of sin, the more it tyrannizes his life. Esther has learned all her life that a woman is submissive. That's what the Bible says. That is God's will. But she finally wants to be taken seriously as an independent person and as a musician. When she meets a lost but never forgotten person from the past, she feels a hunger for the world out there that doesn't seem so depraved.

The reading will take place in a shared flat in Bielefeld. The address will be announced after ticket purchase.