Printcover

Brigitte Jünger

The Coat 
Der Mantel

ISBN: 978-3-7026-5932-5
204 pages
EUR (AT) 17.00 / EUR (DE) 17.00 / CHF (CH) 23.90
21.30 x 14.30cm
Cover: Hardcover
First published in 2019

Categories: Young Adults 12 +,

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World

Content

Fanette, 14, lives with her mother in Paris. Her neighbour is Aron Schatz, 95. Fanette has been friends with Aron since childhood and learned German from him. A student stay abroad brings her to Germany, in Aron Schatz’s former country. In her luggage is a pick-up for a lady’s coat, which has outlasted the war and which Aron gave to Fanette before she left.
While Fanette is in Germany, Moumouche, her school friend, takes care of Aron Schatz. The old Jew and the young Arab become friends. Aron begins to talk about his past and about the war.
In Germany, Fanette tries to find out what the coat is all about and what happened to Aron's relatives during Second World War. Actually she meets people in the village who knew Aron's uncle and aunt. And she meets granddaughter of the the tailor's, who made and kept the coat for Aron's aunt.