No-one knows for sure why the elevenyear- old girl Gustav is called Gustav, but never mind. Summer is just around the corner and Gustav’s parents have cancelled the family holiday in Denmark. They’re struggling with their midlife crisis (a puberty for parents) and need distance from each other. And on top of that, Gustav’s breasts are beginning to grow: How can she go to the swimming pool with two peas on her chest, pretending that everything is normal?! Gustav feels that this summer will herald the end of everything familiar – and the beginning of everything else!
Tenderly and poetically Lara Schützsack writes about the little changes that adolescence brings – and which can sometimes cause a small earthquake.
