In English
Schweizer Buchpreis 2011 · Shortlist
The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons
Grünschnabel
Monica Cantieni · 46 when first published
Novel · 232 pages · Coming of age, Family, Migration
AI-generated summary:My father bought me from the city for 365 francs: an orphan girl adopted into an immigrant neighbourhood of the 1970s collects words in matchboxes to find her way in her new family and its language.