Paul has committed suicide. His family, his friends, and everyone around him have to come to terms with that.
This new novel by Martin Schäuble is based on a true story. Paul is sixteen and has always been a little peculiar: he learns Japanese and listens to music nobody else his age is interested in. He is incredibly smart and could achieve anything, if only there weren’t his anxieties and abysses. He does not talk about those for a long time, only when he ends up in the psychiatric ward for young adults. There, he meets the young Alina, who shares his love for cats and calls him Jesus. After his time there, he returns to his normal life, and everyone is full of hope. But it all comes to an unexpected, terrible end.
Sometimes blunt, sometimes quiet, never sensation-seeking: Martin Schäuble tells Paul’s tale in order to highlight the topic of mental health for young people.
