From the viewpoint of a woman working as a chiropodist in East Berlin's Marzahn district, the novel gathers the lives of older neighbors into a series of compact portraits. Against the backdrop of redevelopment and generational change, it captures labor, aging, and the warmth of solidarity.

What emerges from ground level is the dignity of the people living at the city's edges.

From the viewpoint of a woman working as a chiropodist in East Berlin's Marzahn district, the novel gathers the lives of older neighbors into a series of compact portraits. Against the backdrop of redevelopment and generational change, it captures labor, aging, and the warmth of solidarity.

What emerges from ground level is the dignity of the people living at the city's edges.