Caroline Wahl - "Windstärke 17"

In the organizer's words:

Caroline Wahl

"Wind force 17" - Reading

Ida has nothing with her except her mother's old, scuffed hard suitcase, a few favorite clothes and her lap-top when she leaves home. It is probably a farewell forever to the small town where she has spent her whole life. Ida is really bad at saying goodbye, she didn't even make it to her mother's funeral two months ago. At the train station, she picks the train that goes the furthest away - and ends up on the island of Rügen. With no plan, just a big lump of anger, grief and guilt in her stomach, she wanders around the Baltic island. She finally meets Knut, the local pub owner, and his wife Marianne, who take Ida in without further ado. The three of them have breakfast every morning with baked rolls, Ida then spends the day with Marianne, they walk through the forest together or play SkipBo, and in the evenings Ida works with Knut in the Robbe. And she gets to know Leif, who is just as injured as she is, but perhaps they are good for each other. Suddenly everything is a little easier, warmer, more bearable in Ida's life. But then she learns that Marianne is seriously ill, and the pain rears its ugly head again.

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