Briefe einer Deutsch-Französin

The book opens with a series of intimate letters written by a woman who straddles German and French cultures on the eve of the Great War. She recalls a golden summer filled with clear skies, singing swallows and blooming hills, before the looming conflict shatters that serenity. Her voice moves between vivid memories of peace and the sudden, unsettling anxiety that spreads through towns and forests alike.

In the first correspondence she addresses a lost loved one, pleading that her words not be misunderstood while she confronts the terror that has turned ordinary life into a battlefield of fear. Through poetic reflections on loyalty, identity and the strangling grip of war, she captures the disorienting transition from carefree youth to a world where every breath feels contested. Listeners are invited to share her yearning for connection and to feel the fragile hope that persists even as the world around her cracks.