Tag Archives: Monika Helfer

Lionheart- Loewenherz- by Monika Helfer

Posted on December 6, 2023 by mandywight

What a pleasure to reconnect with the world of Monika Helfer and die Bagage- the riff-raff. Löwenherz, Lionheart, is the final novel in Monika Helfer’s family story. The trilogy starts, in die Bagage, with her grandmother, then goes on to … Continue reading →

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Vati- Daddy- by Monika Helfer

Posted on March 15, 2021 by mandywight

Vati, by Austrian writer Monika Helfer, follows on from her novel die Bagage, The Riff-Raff, which is an imaginative reconstruction of her grandmother’s life in rural Austria during the First World War. This time, Monika Helfer turns her attention to … Continue reading →

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Die Bagage- The Riff-Raff- by Monika Helfer

Posted on May 28, 2020 by mandywight

This is the story of  Maria Moosbrugger, a young Austrian woman, married with 4 children living in a rural community in Austria at the outbreak of the First World War. We’re told early on that Maria is the writer’s grandmother: … Continue reading →

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