Streamlines

A grand family novel about life decisions that move three generations of women, and the river that connects them.

“Atmospheric, close to nature and as gripping as a thriller!” Simone Finkenwirth, stories! bookshop

English sample translation available

‘And when we wake up, a new life begins.’ This sentence carries Enna and Jale through the day. For seventeen years, the two sisters have been waiting for their mother Alea to be released from prison. But when the long-awaited morning finally dawns, Alea does not show up at the meeting point. And Jale has also disappeared without a trace. Without her sister, Enna finds herself in a state of freefall. The twins were always bound together like the tides, unable to be without each other. 

Enna's only point of reference is the Elbe: the expanse of the marshes, the cool water, the cries of oystercatchers in the mudflats. But with each day that passes while Enna searches for her sister and mother, new questions arise: What happened to the two of them? Why did her mother go to prison in the first place? And is their disappearance connected to the boat that sank on the Elbe just hours later?

A tale of secrets with the capacity to either divide or indelibly connect us.