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Ruth Schweikert

Born 1964 · Switzerland

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    Schweizer Buchpreis 2015 · Shortlist

    Wie wir älter werden

    Title translated by AI:“How We Grow Older”

    Ruth Schweikert · 51 when first published

    Novel · 270 pages · Family, Love, Historical

    AI-generated summary:Every morning Jacques, 87, cooks lunch for his wife Friederike, who needs care. For nine years he lived with another woman, then returned to his marriage. Two families, three generations, from the Second World War to today.