Berlin in 2011. Jasmin has a tense relationship with her family: Her mother Maria hardly ever talks to her and she has never met her father.
Digging in her uncle’s backyard one afternoon, she discovers a human skeleton. Jasmin confronts her family with her terrible discovery and
finally learns the truth about her life and her past.
Jasmin´s family lead a smuggling ring in the 70s and helped Jasmin´s father Mahmoud illegally migrate to Germany via East Berlin.
Her mother and Mahmoud fell in love and married, but their happiness did not last. After Jasmin´s birth Mahmoud did not end his involvement
in illegal businesses and put all of their lives in jeopardy.
»They probably thought they’d done it. In all likelihood they weren’t even aware that they needed tickets and their attempt to enter West Germany failed only because they were caught evading the fare.«
»A well written and exciting novel that is particularly interesting because it reveals a well-kept family secret you’d never have
suspected.«
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»Berlin Beirut is a fast detective novel and a little bit more ...«
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