Stromlinien
2025
S. Fischer Verlage
About the book:
English title: Streamlines
A novel
by Rebekka Frank
512 pages
March 2025
Audio rights sold to: Argon
• Nominated by the critics' jury in the YA fiction category for the German Youth Literature Prize 2026
• English sample translation available here
A grand family novel about life decisions that move three generations of women, and the river that connects them.
‘And when we wake up, a new life begins.’ This sentence carries Enna and Jale through the day. For seventeen years, the two sisters have been waiting for their mother Alea to be released from prison. But when the long-awaited morning finally dawns, Alea does not show up at the meeting point. And Jale has also disappeared without a trace. Without her sister, Enna finds herself in a state of freefall. The twins were always bound together like the tides, unable to be without each other.
Enna's only point of reference is the Elbe: the expanse of the marshes, the cool water, the cries of oystercatchers in the mudflats. But with each day that passes while Enna searches for her sister and mother, new questions arise: What happened to the two of them? Why did her mother go to prison in the first place? And is their disappearance connected to the boat that sank on the Elbe just hours later?
A tale of secrets with the capacity to either divide or indelibly connect us.
Praise for Streamlines:
“Atmospheric, close to nature and as gripping as a thriller!” -- Simone Finkenwirth, stories! bookshop
"a gripping novel [...], an all-round entertaining reading experience. [...] The well-drawn characters and clever connections make the book a real page-turner." -- Maja Yüce ― HNA / Fritzlar-Homberger Allgemeine
"A family story spanning three generations, exciting and with unexpected twists, almost a thriller." -- Beate Rohmann ― Börsenblatt
"A gripping novel – and great reading material." -- Matthias Glatthor Stefan Hauck ― Börsenblatt
About the author:
To Rebekka Frank, the sea is full of stories. When she's not diving into its depths herself, she writes about them. She studied theatre studies and German literature and lives with her husband and dog in the countryside in northern Hesse. She can be found on Instagram and TikTok under @rebekka.mit.k.
German audio sample
English sample translation
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