tekst-Lesereihe: Çiğdem Akyol

In the organizer's words:

The author reads from her book "Beloved Mother - Canım Annem".

When Aynur is married to Alvin, the tulips are blooming in Istanbul. Aynur is 19 years old, likes to wear flared pants and fitted blouses and has nothing but scorn for women wearing headscarves. Alvin, uneducated and from a pious family, works underground in Germany. Almanya is a promise that has never lured Aynur, but her brother wants her out of the house and she has to comply.

Siblings Meryem and Ada have long since grown up when their father Alvin dies. It is a happy day for them. The wounds inflicted on them by both parents are too deep. Meryem and Ada try to understand the many torn lives of their mother. And to forgive her in the end.

"Fearlessly, Çiğdem Akyol tells the story of a woman who grows up in a family where everyone speaks a different language. Meryem's story is so harrowing and touching at the same time that I never want to forget it."
Anne Rabe

"A heart-wrenching book about the insatiable longing for freedom. I could hardly put it down."
Fatma Aydemir

Price information:

8 Euro/ 5 Euro reduced with KammerCard