Synopses & Reviews
Two weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, 16-year-old New Yorker Molly Lenzfeld, the daughter of a German-Jewish mother who fled the Nazis in 1938, is off to her mother’s birth house in East Berlin. On the subway trip, wallflower Molly meets 19-year-old East German wildflower Mick Maier. It’s love at first sight and a journey into an unknown land, into the labyrinth of Berlin’s underground world, a fertile terrain where they discover each other, the absurdities of the divided city, and the wonder of love.
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”A slew of comic scenes embellished with a great love for detail.” —Spiegel Online
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”Powerful and touching.” —Berliner Zeitung
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“An absolute riot!” —Aviva-Berlin
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"Truly hilarious!” —FAZ
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“The history lesson is subtle — and that’s exactly how it should be . . . A definite classroom read!” —Jugendbuchtipps.de
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”Can’t wait to see Wallflower up on the silver screen.“ —Der Tagesspiegel
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”A wonderful journey into the past.” —Deutsche Presse Agentur
About the Author
Holly-Jane Rahlens is the creator of a highly praised one-woman show and has worked in radio, television, and film. Her first novel for teens, Prince William, Maximilian Minsky and Me, was awarded The German Children’s Literature Award for the best young adult novel published in Germany. She lives in Berlin.