The young free-spirited florist Frieda grew up in a strictly Catholic environment in the 1960s. Little does she know that everything is about to change for her when she steps onto a frozen river on a later winter afternoon. On the ice she meets the married Otto. They experience a love that begins stormily and ends fatefully: Frieda becomes pregnant-a scandal in the world in which she moves. And so she can never be the mother of her secret child. For decades she keeps her memories of this episode in her life to herself. But the grief for the lost child remains, despite her later marriage, despite the son she still has. At the age of eighty-one, Frieda finds herself suddenly alone again. The silent sorrow returns with force. Only then does she dare to face her story-and to share it. from the back cover.
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