If Lügen über meine Mutter(Lies About My Mother) was centred on a mother's body, its successor, Junge Frau mit Katze (Young Woman with Cat), finds the young narrator, Ela, at war with her own. From her throat to her heart to her skin, everything seems to rebel in a chorus of confusing symptoms. Yet the struggle and exhaustion of earning a doctorate can't fully explain this breakdown. This autofictional text traces the journey of losing and finding oneself, “a novel that, with subtle irony, describes the pain of climbing the social and educational ladder, and the strength it sometimes takes to step out of a mother’s shadow.” (rbb Radioeins)

In cooperation the Professional Association of Psychologists of Both Basel Cantons