rich, Moving And Wryly Funny. A Delight' Observer Graphic Novel Of The Month'brilliant, Witty And Endlessly Inventive' Joe Dunthorne, Author Of Submarinea Road-trip Across Europe And Back In Time: The Debut Graphic Memoir From The Prize-winning Author Of A Funeral In Freiburg.when Her Imperious, Chain-smoking German Jewish Grandmother Dies, It Falls To Astrid And Her Father To Drive A Hire Van To The Black Forest And Collect The Family Heirlooms From Gisela's Nicotine-stained Freiburg, They Are Faced With Several Lifetimes' Worth Of Belongings To Sort Through - Infested Persian Rugs, Mysterious Photographs, A Toy Monkey That Started A Marriage - And A Grasping Landlord, Impatient To Renovate.as The List Of Demands From Uncles, Sisters And Cousins Grows Longer, The Rabbit-holes Of History And Memory Grow Deeper. Long-buried Secrets And Tales Of Survival Are Revealed - From Nazi Germany To Colonial Africa - And Old Feuds Are Reignited, As Father And Daughter Struggle With The Responsibility Of Preserving The Family Legacy.