Jan Weiler, THE GROWN UPS

Piper - Fiction - Hardcover - August 2020 - 176 pages

At some point, the time has come: when pubescent children become adults, it is up to dad and mum to transform themselves. And of course they are very badly prepared for this, because, let’s be honest: You're 49, you feel like you're 29, but you're treated like you're 79, and you face an uncertain future without piles of laundry, boys' deodorant and empty chip bags. Worried, you might ask yourself: Will the pubescent animals ever find their way back to their home stable? And what will actually happen when all direct debit orders for the children have expired? Will we then be alone forever?

• “He wrote a book you love to read because it seems to make life easier.” - NDR Kultur “à la carte”

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• “Jan Weiler does not judge, he observes, in his usual (self-) ironic way.” - Westfalenpost

• “I laughed a lot while reading the book. But somehow between the lines I also felt a deep melancholy.” - Stern

• “Weiler’s fine power of observation and brilliant formulations have lost none of their appeal.” - Fuldaer Zeitung