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There’s no reason to give up, says Mieze Medusa, writing with humour and warmth – and especially not if you’re a woman!

Friends and partners, mothers and daughters: Mieze Medusa’s captivating new novel is all about women and their right to not give a monkey’s about ‘what people say about them’. Laura, a native of Tyrol, lives in Innsbruck and hates skiing, cosy romantic chalets and the magic of the Alps. Forty-year-old Frederike, known as Fred, still hasn’t settled down and is frequently out of work. She lives in Vienna, previously with Marlis – until she falls in love with musician Milla YoloBitch. Marlis wants a baby, Fred wants Milla, Milla wants to rap, Laura wants to draw comics, Laura’s sister Isabella wants a family and a career. And although not all their wishes will come true, in this novel Mieze Medusa makes a passionate case for allowing women to be, become and want anything they please.

Mieze Medusa’s new novel has everything women need to survive: pace, heart, humour, rage and plenty of solidarity.

Melanie may not always have made the best decisions. Otherwise she wouldn’t be where she is now: the second ex-wife of a wealthy globe-trotting man who has just settled down with wife number three and whisked off their daughter Adele to New Zealand. Melanie’s life in Vienna is hardly plain sailing: she gets no alimony money from her ex, so she’s plagued by money troubles, and she desperately misses her daughter. But at least she’s not alone: she works at a feminist hotel project, she’s got close friendships, and Adele is bound to return to Europe at some point. Warm-hearted and encouraging, Mieze Medusa’s novel shows that solidarity and a sense of humour are worth their weight in gold—and that life would be pretty boring if you never made any bad decisions ...