The sequel to 'The Light in the Waves', the rousing family story between New York and Föhr, will be released in February 2026.Inge Martensen and her great-granddaughter Swantje have finally made it to New York! The city has changed since Inge first saw it as a young woman. This is where she spent a large part of her dazzling life, fell in love and started a family. She has experienced moments of great happiness - and great sadness. At the end of the 1970s, Inge's life takes another surprising turn - and the North Frisian ends up in Sicily, of all places. Perhaps for the first time in her busy life, Inge understands what it can mean to let go. A new lightness flows through her. And yet she is drawn back to the two islands of her life: the small one in the middle of the North Sea and the large one on the other side of the Atlantic. Föhr and Manhattan. How is Inge ever supposed to decide between the two worlds to which her heart belongs? And how can she help Swantje find her way in life?