Müttertage – Geschichten von den Heldinnen des Alltags von Wladimir Kaminer

In the organizer's words:

A charming tribute to the heroines of everyday life in
many enchanting stories about mothers, daughters,
grandmothers and mothers-in-law.
"My new book is about how a ninety-something-year-old with a fog in her head
bravely lives on, solves world crises and raises the cat." At least these are
a few of the things that Vladimir Kaminer's own mother takes care of. And
she is in good company in these stories. Because who makes sure that the
world continues to turn in a reasonably orderly fashion if not our mothers? They
try - more or less discreetly - to guide the destinies of their offspring, give advice
advice and even entrust us with their secret recipe for aspic.
Not everything meets with the hoped-for approval, but it always makes for a nice story.
it always makes a nice story. Potential mothers-in-law don't miss out either. Those who
who wants to please them is capable of extraordinary transformations. Vladimir was able to observe this
Vladimir was able to observe this in his own son ...