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Emilia Roig stands for radical change. Whether she demands the end of racist oppression or the end of patriarchal marriage, what drives her is the yearning for liberation and justice.

Even "Love" is a plea for more justice, because love should be for everyone. In a patriarchal society, however, romantic love claims all aspects of this form of attachment for itself: desire, jealousy, intimacy, dependency, tenderness.

In her first essay, Emilia Roig gives us deep insights into her own biography and revolutionizes our understanding of love: as a transformative energy that connects us not only with our family and friends, but with all people, nature, and the cosmos. Her new book is an invitation to more solidarity, empathy, and courage.

Emilia Zenzile Roig is a PhD in Political Science, founder of the Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ), and author of the bestsellers Why We Matter (2021) and The End of Marriage (2023). Roig teaches intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, Gender Studies, and Postcolonial Studies in Germany, France, and the USA. She is the author of numerous publications in German, English, and French and has received multiple awards for her work. She lives in Berlin with her son.

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Elin is in her early twenties and lives with her mother in a wellness hotel. During the lockdown, she has become an influencer. Since then, she has been confronted with misogynistic hate online. Nuri comes from precarious circumstances, and he has no school diploma. He is now trying to make ends meet as a bike courier, bed pusher, and food delivery person. Late capitalism has him firmly in its grip. Ruth is in her late fifties; after the death of her disabled son, she has returned to work as a caregiver in the hospital. Every day, she pushes her limits; her sense of duty seems inexhaustible.

One Sunday, all three find themselves in an unforeseen situation: In front of the hospital where Ruth and Nuri work, women are lying. Motionless, in silent protest. It is the beginning of a revolt in which women no longer do what they have always done. Suddenly, everything that underpins our system is called into question. Will Elin, Nuri, and Ruth seize the opportunity for change?

Mareike Fallwickl, born in 1983 in Hallein near Salzburg, lives with her family in the Salzburg region. In 2018, "Dunkelgrün fast schwarz" was published. In 2019, "Das Licht ist hier viel heller" followed. Her bestseller "Die Wut, die bleibt" was a major success with press and audience. The stage version premiered in the summer of 2023 at the Salzburg Festival. Mareike Fallwickl advocates for literature communication, focusing on female narrative voices.

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Dengler's mother is slowly getting older. At night, she sees shadows in the yard and threatens to spend her last money on surveillance systems. Her son comes to calm her down and realizes: either he has also gone crazy or there are actually figures out there.

Up on the Feldberg, the family owns a piece of pasture - the ideal location for a wind turbine. If it weren't for the local resistance. When the leader of the protesters is found murdered, Dengler is faced with a complicated case. It is also complicated in a personal way: the dead woman was his teenage love.

The further he progresses, the more clearly a difficult network of obligations and bloodily enforced interests is revealed behind the death in the southwest German province. Corrupt state politicians, greedy medium-sized business owners, the nuclear lobby, and a Russian honorary consul are involved in the matter, with connections reaching into the highest spheres of power. And many decades into the past.

And while the future of our energy generation is at stake and all parties are pitted against each other, a she-wolf roams through the Black Forest on dark nights. Which does not exactly calm people down.

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