The translation of "Lesung" from German to English is "reading."

Gabi Kreslehner reads from her new book "Who We Have Become."

At the beginning of the 20th century, Juli lives with her husband August on the mountain at Unterhof. The fact that after several years of marriage there is still no child deeply saddens her. She looks with envy at the neighbors at Oberhof, where three children are already playing. Only after the war, which August miraculously survives, does Juli give birth to a healthy daughter in November 1919: Anna grows up to be a cheerful girl and later falls in love with Karl, the heir of Oberhof. The two soon marry, as Anna is pregnant and Karl has received his conscription order – three days after the wedding, he must go to the front. Will they ever see each other again?

Shortly before the turn of the millennium, Joanna, Anna's daughter, discovers a photo of a little boy in her mother's house outside of New York. She is both fascinated and disturbed, slips it into her pocket, and takes it home. For weeks, this image occupies Joanna's mind until she finally confronts her mother. And her mother finally begins to tell her story… A moving family saga about happiness, loss, solidarity, sacrifices, and coming home in the long 20th century.

Afterward, we invite you to a cozy gathering.

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