The story follows two main characters who were close friends and roommates during their university years in Münster but have since drifted into vastly different lives :

: A farmer who took over her father’s dairy farm in Brandenburg . She is struggling with immense bureaucratic pressure and the physical demands of rural life, feeling increasingly marginalized by the political decisions made in the city .

After a chance encounter in Hamburg, the two begin an intense exchange via . Central Themes Zwischen Welten: Roman|eBook - Juli Zeh - Barnes & Noble