Bettina Seidl , who draws inspiration from her own upbringing in the Berchtesgaden mountains.
In second novel, Die Dorflehrerin: Zwischen Stille und Sturm (released in December 2022), the story continues the journey of schoolteacher Antonie Weber in the Berchtesgaden Alps. Book Profile
The story picks up years after Antonie first arrived in Tannau. The village is deeply affected by the final months of the First World War and the subsequent 1918 November Revolution.
Die Dorflehrerin: Zwischen Stille und Sturm (Volume 2).
Antonie’s long-lost love, Sebastian, returns safely but changed from the war, forcing her to confront feelings she had long suppressed for her career.
The remote mountain village of Tannau at the end of World War I. Publisher: dtv Verlag . Core Plot Summary