Heartwarming, hopeful and a little bit fairytale-like - a healing novel about a special mother-daughter relationship. Paula is seriously ill. Paula is Katja's daughter, and at 14, far too young for her fate. Katja is Paula's mother, a single parent and teacher in her normal life, but little of that remains. Paula was once unconventional, a self-assured girl, like her mother, with a mind of her own. Now, however, she is frightened. And so is Katja, even though she wants to be strong for her daughter. She is in danger of breaking under the weight of this contradiction—and the guilt she feels. In this extraordinary situation, shortly before and after the operation, Katja begins to tell Paula a story about a fox and a girl who is pursued by a shadow and must flee if she doesn't want to be devoured by it... In the tradition of 1001 Nights, Eleven is an even number is about the power of imagination and the power of storytelling. biography Author Martin Beyer, born in December 1976 in Frankfurt am Main. Graduated from the Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium in Heusenstamm in spring 1996. His short story "Fragezeichen" (Question Mark) was published as his first book during his final year of school. He is currently studying in Bamberg. New product