Nora is single, and she works as a typist in a law firm. Her life is gray and monotonous and characterized by lovelessness. Only reading novels brings color into her everyday life, but without awakening any longings. Before her fiftieth birthday, experiences accumulate that make her doubt her previous life. Can she overcome the crisis and turn her life around? The novel describes the female counterpart to the character of Gerold Trank in "Time Reclaimed" by the same author.

Andreas Pritzker was born in Windisch (Switzerland) in 1945. He studied physics at the ETH Zurich and worked as a researcher, consulting engineer and in science management. As a writer he has published nine novels, two novellas and three non-fiction books. Moreover, he has edited various texts as a publisher.