Durugh'ha Darbarah-yi Madaram: Persiska (Farsi) 1403

Daniela Dröscher tells of growing up in a family in which one topic dominates everything: her mother's body weight. Is this beautiful, headstrong, unpredictable woman too fat? Does she urgently need to lose weight? Yes, she does. Her husband decides. And her mother is exposed to it, day after day. "Lying about my mother" is two things at once: the story of a childhood in the Hunsrück in the 1980s, which is increasingly dominated by the father's obsession that his wife's excess weight is responsible for everything that is denied to him: promotion, social advancement, recognition in the village community. And it is an examination of events from today's perspective: What happened back then? What was kept secret, and what were lies about? And what does all this tell us about the larger context: society, which constantly influences us, whether we want it or not? Daniela Dröscher lets her childlike alter ego relive the years in which this "chamber play called family" took place ruthlessly and impressively. She has succeeded in writing a novel that is as touching as it is clever, about subtle violence, but also responsibility and care. Above all, however, this is a tragicomic book about a strong woman who never stops fighting for self-determination over her life.