Alexandra Silber Knihy

A powerful and luminous story of grief and coming-of-age and a beautiful tribute to the relationship between a father and daughter. Alexandra “Al” Silber seems to have everything: brilliance, beauty, and talent in spades. But when her beloved father dies after a decade-long battle with cancer when she is just a teenager, it feels like the end of everything. Lost in grief, Al and her mother hardly know where to begin with the rest of their lives. Into this grieving house burst Al’s three friends from theatre camp, determined to help out as only drama students know how—and they’re moving in for the duration. Over the course of that winter, the now five-strong household will do battle with everything Death can throw at them—meddling relatives, merciless bureaucracy, soul-sapping sadness, the endless Tupperware. They will learn (almost) everything about love and will eventually return to the world, altered in different ways by their time in a home by a river. Told with raw passion, candor and wit, White Hot Grief Parade is an ode to the restorative power of family and friendship—and the unbreakable bond, even in death, between father and daughter.

Second-eldest daughter Hodel takes center stage as she attempts to join her Socialist-leaning fiance Perchik to the outer reaches of a Siberian work camp. But before Hodel and Perchik can finally be together, they both face extraordinary hurdles and adversaries, both personal and political, attempting to keep them apart at all costs.

The world knows well the tale of Tevye, the beloved Jewish dairyman from the shtetl Anatevka of Tsarist Russia. In stories originally written by Sholem Aleichem and then made world-famous in the celebrated musical Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye, his wife Golde, and their five daughters dealt with the outside influences that were encroaching upon their humble lives. But what happened to those remarkable characters after the curtain fell? In After Anatevka, Alexandra Silber picks up where Fiddler left off. Second-eldest daughter Hodel takes center stage as she attempts to join her Socialist-leaning fiancé Perchik to the outer reaches of a Siberian work camp. But before Hodel and Perchik can finally be together, they both face extraordinary hurdles and adversaries—both personal and political—attempting to keep them apart at all costs. After Anatevka is a stunning conclusion to a tale that has gripped audiences around the globe for decades.

Alexandra ist lebenslustig, fröhlich und aus Prinzip unsportlich. Weil sie gerne isst, bringt sie mit der Zeit schließlich knapp stolze 100 Kilo auf die Waage. Nach einem Arztbesuch, der ihr die drohenden Folgen vor Augen führt, beschließt sie, in einem Jahr 40 Kilo abzunehmen. Die Autorin beschreibt mit viel Humor ihren neuen Weg, die zahlreichen neuen Gefühle, den Kampf mit Rückschlägen und erste Erfolge. Mithilfe ihres Trainers Philipp Gracher schafft sie schließlich ihr erträumtes Ziel – und ist seitdem dauerhaft schlank. Die Lebensumstellung ist gelungen! Lustig, spannend zum Mitfühlen und zum Nachmachen geeignet!