The girl on the stairs
The secret within my family
DESTROYED LIFE LINES
It is the year 1952. Eighteen-year-old Leo falls in love with his young stepmother Irma who reciprocates his passionate and boisterous affection. Although it leads to an unbearable conflict with his father, he does not want to give up his love for Irma. She, too, suffers due to her emotional disruption and does not want to lose either of them, neither her husband nor Leo. Thus, many things remain unsaid. Within this family constellation, the girl Greta grows up. Alienated and misunderstood, she withdraws to the set of stairs where she lives in her own fantasy world. Only when she has long grown-up, she starts searching for her past – and discovers a long kept secret.
Margareta Simm was born in Murnau, Germany, in 1953. After graduation, she studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. She has been teaching art in several grammar schools for thirty years while at the same time educating young teachers. From 1998 to 2003 she taught at the German School in Rome, and today the writer lives in Munich. The Girl on the Stairs is her first book.
DESTROYED LIFE LINES
It is the year 1952. Eighteen-year-old Leo falls in love with his young stepmother Irma who reciprocates his passionate and boisterous affection. Although it leads to an unbearable conflict with his father, he does not want to give up his love for Irma. She, too, suffers due to her emotional disruption and does not want to lose either of them, neither her husband nor Leo. Thus, many things remain unsaid. Within this family constellation, the girl Greta grows up. Alienated and misunderstood, she withdraws to the set of stairs where she lives in her own fantasy world. Only when she has long grown-up, she starts searching for her past – and discovers a long kept secret.
- A childhood in the post-war era
- An unusual fate: clearsighted, unsentimental, impressive
Margareta Simm was born in Murnau, Germany, in 1953. After graduation, she studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. She has been teaching art in several grammar schools for thirty years while at the same time educating young teachers. From 1998 to 2003 she taught at the German School in Rome, and today the writer lives in Munich. The Girl on the Stairs is her first book.
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