After the bestseller 'The Return of the Cranes', a new touching and entertaining novel that will delight Romy Fölck's fans and new readers. After more than twenty years, Thea returns from Portugal to her northern German homeland. She finds shelter on a farm on the edge of the nature reserve, where there is also room for her two goats. A new beginning in her mid-fifties? Although there is a reason for returning, she doubts her decision. Memories come flooding back, especially the longing to meet someone from her past again. Benno has no choice but to rent out the apartment in the old boiler house, he urgently needs money to maintain his farm. Since a stroke of fate, he has been living in seclusion, only needs his animals, fixed routines and time for his passion: cooking with everything his garden has to offer. When he first meets Thea, he suspects that living together will be challenging. The energetic tenant messes everything up. When Juli, a young woman, appears, the chaos seems complete. But Thea and Juli lend a hand to save Benno's life's work. To his surprise, a wonderful friendship begins between them, and in the end this may be the best summer of her life.