A masterfully told, astonishing novel about two women from different continents, both of whom break free from their supposedly unalterable fate in an adventurous way.
This novel is about two grandmothers, one from a poor Swiss farming family, the other from a relatively wealthy family in Cameroon.
In incredibly concise, chiseled language, it is about their childhoods, hopes and disappointments. They marry, are humiliated and degraded. But through these experiences, a tremendous rage builds up, which ultimately leads to their liberation, also with the help of their respective granddaughters. (Publisher)