Paradise Garden

What to do when you lose the most precious person, and the world around you begins to crack at the seams? Perhaps escape on a journey to the sea—and to yourself? "Paradise Garden" by Elena Fisher is a poignant road book about family and identity.
A fourteen-year-old Billie lives with her mother in a tiny apartment in a social housing area on the outskirts of the city. And even though by the end of the month there’s barely enough money for pasta with ketchup, their life is full of light, joy, and magic.
One day, her grandmother, with whom her mother hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to visit. With her come gray days and secrets from the past. The girl’s world collapses.
In search of answers, Billie sets off on a journey alone in their old car, determined to find her father, about whom she knows nothing, and to discover why she dreams of the sea every night, even though she has never been there.

“Paradise Garden” is both an exciting coming-of-age novel and a touching road book about a teenage girl who has lost her main support in life and is desperately trying to find out who she really is; and, of course, it is a tender and tearful book about family, the search for one’s roots, pain, death, and generational conflict.

About the book:
• An international bestseller that made it to the longlist of the German Book Prize 2023 in the author's homeland. Rights to the book have been sold in 13 countries.
• Elegant and refined contemporary prose touching on themes of loss, social inequality, immigration, roots, and identity.
• Family drama and the challenges of growing up.
• Bright atmospheric design with an illustrated cover with a pleasant soft-touch finish.

“Paradise Garden” is the perfect gift for lovers of contemporary prose such as "To Polina" by Takis Würger, "Black Snowstorm" by Alison Stein, and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer.