Lili dreams of owning her own salon. When her partner, John (the son of an American soldier), moves back to California, Lili follows him across the Atlantic.

The novel touches on the division of Germany, social bullying, and the restrictive gender roles of the 1950s. 🏃 Book 2: Die schönsten Jahre unseres Lebens (2023)

Compare the series to like The Silk Villa or The Village Shop .

Anne seeks to escape the "domestic narrowness" of the era. Her husband, Benno, is consumed by building his business and suffers from PTSD-related symptoms common among war survivors.

by Kristina Engel (a pseudonym for Brigitte Kanitz/Janson) is a two-part historical novel series that explores the female experience during Germany's "Wirtschaftswunder" (economic miracle) and the 1960s.

Set in the late 1950s, this novel follows , a young mother in Lüneburg who becomes one of Germany's first Avon ladies .