Bremen liest! Rabea Edel liest aus "Portrait meiner Mutter mit Geistern"

In the organizer's words:

As part of the Bremen literature festival "Bremen liest!", author Rabea Edel will be reading from her novel "Portrait of my mother with ghosts".

Raisa lives alone with her mother Martha and always has. She has no
She has no memories of her father. When the boy next door, Mat
disappears, Martha begins to tell stories. About her grandmother Dina.
Of lies that protect and lies that endanger. About the
love of her life and her greatest loss. Rabea Edel draws
her book, which is set in Bremen and Bremerhaven among other places, tells the moving
her mother's moving life story and the portrait of a post-war generation,
who grew up in the shadow of violence and silence.
grew up in the shadow of violence and silence. A book like a kaleidoscope ...

The freelance photographer and author Rabea Edel, born in Bremerhaven in 1982,
studied Italian studies and literature. She now lives
lives in Berlin and on the Moselle. "Portrait of my mother with
Ghosts" is her third novel.

You can find more information at www.bremenliest.de