Frankfurt, 1889: Friederike Ronnefeldt is proud that the tea trade once founded by her husband Tobias is to continue into the third generation. She is a role model for her grandson Rolf, who wants to take over the business. To gain experience around tea cultivation and trade, he goes on a world trip that takes him to India, Ceylon and China, among other places. And Rolf is sure: he wants to take his innovative ideas back to Frankfurt. At home, not only the family business is waiting for him, but also the entrepreneur's daughter Anna Reither, who has been on his mind ever since their first meeting with her clever and committed manner.
[...] The author again places history and fate in the context of political and social conditions in an extremely knowledgeable way [...]. -- Thomas Scheben - Frankfurter Neue Presse
A sensual journey through time into the world of tea. - Lisa
[...] in her tightrope walk between reality and poetic freedom, Popp repeatedly creates space for surprising twists [...]. -- Gernot Gottwals - Frankfurter Neue Presse
You don't have to be a self-confessed tea drinker to be drawn into the maelstrom of this family saga from the very first lines of the book. [...] an exciting, cultural-historical novel [...]. - Die Rheinpfalz
