WALLFLOWER

A classic girl-meets-boy and a subtle lesson in history – the story of two young adults trying to figure out who they are at the dawning of a new era in Germany.

The original manuscript, written in English, is available!

translated by: Sabine Ludwig

November 1989. Two weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Molly, 16, a New Yorker in Berlin, is off to her mother’s birth house in East Berlin. On the train from West to East, wallflower Molly meets East German wildflower, Mick, 19, a theater student. It’s love at first sight – and a journey into an unknown land where more than just one wall has to fall in order to discover each other, the absurdities of the divided city, and of course, the wonder of love.  

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  • Publisher: Fischer Sauerländer Taschenbuch
  • Translated by: Sabine Ludwig
  • Release: 01.07.2024
  • ISBN: 978-3-7335-0860-9
  • 160 Pages
  • Author: Holly-Jane Rahlens
  • 13 +
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Holly-Jane Rahlens

Holly-Jane Rahlens in an American writer and entertainer living in Berlin since the 1970s. She is best known for her personal essays broadcast on German radio and performed for the stage, as well as her award-winning coming-of-age novels.