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Ingrid Noll | Ehrenwort | English Title: Word of Honour<br>Novel, 336 Pages

Novel, Hardcover
336 Pages
Published in Sept. 2010

ISBN 978-3-257-06760-6
€ (D) 21.90 / (A) 22.60
sFr 38.90*
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Ingrid Noll
Ehrenwort

English Title: Word of Honour

A treacherous tumble and Willy Knobel, almost ninety-years-old, is hospital-bound. The prognosis is bad: the doctors expect he has only a few weeks left. In spite of his son Harald’s loud protests, his daughter-in-law Petra insists that the old man be cared for by them in their home. It will not be for long anyway. Who could have foreseen Max’s vanilla pudding regime making his grandfather fighting fit again. The better the patient feels, however, the more Harald and Petra’s life begins to unravel. While the pair of them ponder how they can decently get rid of the disturber of their peace, Max flirts with the carer, Jenny. She, however, has a dark secret. In this bitter-sweet comedy, Ingrid Noll shows that ideal families are as rare as any holy family. But also that there are beautiful moments to be had in human encounters, regardless of age. ›Word of Honour‹ has been sold to: Circe Ediciones (Spain)

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»Ingrid Noll writes books that inhabit a deceptive no-man’s land between crime and family drama, between women’s literature and homely horror.«Der Spiegel

»A disaster of chains of reasoning: Ingrid Noll’s never before written such a rigorous mystery novel as ›Word of Honour‹. It’s about ageing, moral and hope.«FAZ

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