Back to Her

  • Kai Wiesinger's gripping story about the feelings that accompany approaching your 30th high school reunion
  • His first novel after the huge succes of his non-fiction book “Der Lack ist ab” (The Glory Is Gone)

Topics: Class reunion, First love, New beginning, Midlife-crisis

What really matters in life? - The touching novel by German actor Kai Wiesinger

Jan, who recently turned 50, receives an invitation to the class reunion in Hanover. He doesn't really feel like going and leaving his wife Svenja and his two children alone for a weekend. But Svenja manages to persuade Jan, He is excited and looking forward to the reunion, but at the same time he questions his marriage and his current life. Is he really happy? When everything that could go wrong does go wrong, he ends up having to hitchhike to the reunion without any money or hotel room. When he finally arrives at the reunion, his encounter with Anja is not at all what he had dreamed of. Jan has to ask himself what the real lie is that he has been living his life believing in.

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  • Publisher: FISCHER Scherz
  • Release: 19.11.2025
  • ISBN: 978-3-651-02517-2
  • 256 Pages
  • Author: Kai Wiesinger
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Kai Wiesinger

Kai Wiesinger, born in 1966, has been a staple in the world of German film and TV since “Kleine Haie” and “14 Tage lebenslänglich”. Since 2016, millions have followed the comedy series “Der Lack ist ab” (All the Glamour is Gone). The actor, director and author lives near Potsdam with his wife, the actress Bettina Zimmermann, and his four children.