As part of the Bremen literature festival "Bremen liest!", author Ulrike Kleinert will be reading from her novel "Das Eisblumenzimmer.
Sara grew up in a time that was still characterized by the traces
traces of the Second World War and the Nazi era. Her childhood room
was the "ice flower room", a room away from the other living rooms,
cold and dark. She searches photos for traces of her family's
of her family's life and tries to decipher them. Why
does she keep getting into arguments with her mother? What can she find out about
find out about her father? The autofictional novel by Bremen author
Ulrike Kleinert takes us back to a bygone era in the Wesermarsch
and spans the arc to the beginning of the 21st century.
Ulrike Kleinert, born in 1955, worked for decades in Bremen in
as a daycare center manager in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Today she devotes
to writing and is, among other things, the spokesperson for the
book women in Bremen.
You can find more information at www.bremenliest.de
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