In April 2022, Julia Deck's mother Ann suffers a stroke. According to the doctors, their chances of survival are vanishingly small. But the patient defies the diagnosis. For mother and daughter, a long journey through the labyrinth of care facilities begins, confronting them with a system that no longer works. At the same time, Julia Deck explores the blind spots in the narrative of her own family history and embarks on a search for clues. Her mother grows up in a working-class family in which books have no place, but it is precisely her enthusiasm for literature and her thirst for knowledge that offer young Ann the opportunity for social advancement. Clear, laconic and loving at the same time, Julia Deck paints a picture of a woman striving for self-determination and sensitively tells of the love between mother and daughter, which is as complex as it is absolute. New product