Daughters
Lucy Fricke author Sinéad Crowe translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:V & Q Books
Published:15th Sep '20
Should be back in stock very soon

Winner of the Bavarian Book Prize
Two women either side of 40, dealing with difficult dads on a road trip across Europe.
Lucy Fricke’s Daughters tells the story of two women either side of forty on a road trip across Europe, each of them dealing with difficult fathers along the way. A bestseller and booksellers’ favourite in Germany, Daughters evokes laughter and tears by way of life and death, friendship and family.
'Splendid. Uproariously funny and movingly beautiful.' Der Spiegel
* Der Spiegel *'A light yet ruthless story of women in the middle of their lives: wrestling with their origins, stubbornly longing for a family. What remains of the rest of our lives, in the run-up to the menopause?' taz
* taz *'The tone takes hold of your mind. A captivating novel.' Der Tagesspiegel
* Der Tagesspiegel *'236 pages and not one line is heavy or melancholy. I’ve said too much about this wonderful book already. Sometimes two words are enough, as I learned from the critic Elke Heidenreich: Read it!' frauTV
* frauTV *'Lucy Fricke’s novel Daughters is a fantastic road trip.' Die Zeit
* Die Zeit *'Lucy Fricke tells a charming and refreshing tale of two women who decide to break away.' Deutschlandfunk Kultur
* Deutschlandfunk Kultur *'A poetic joy to read.' Kleine Zeitung
* Kleine Zeitung *'One of the few German novels that brought tears of laughter to my eyes.' ARD Druckfrisch
* ARD Druckfrisch *'A skilfully written double quest for fathers with drive, daughters and great depth.' WDR5
* WDR5 *'Lucy Fricke writes on witty and razor-sharp form about two women dealing with their difficult parents.' Der Stern
* Der Ste- Winner of Bavarian Book Prize 2018 (Germany)
ISBN: 9783863912567
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 280g
203 pages