Jana Frey » A Paradise As Cold As Ice « 12+, January 2010 192 pages, 12.5 x 18.5 cm ISBN 978-3-7855-6920-7 paperback 5,95 € (D)

"We are Jehova‘s witnesses and therefore we are the chosen ones." This is what Hannah wrote into her diary when she was a child. Indeed she felt like a chosen one for a long time. But growing up she feels more and more often like an outsider and starts hating to be called that "silly Jehova weirdo". She wants to live an ordinary teenager‘s life and starts questioning the strict rules of her religion. But when she is demanding her personal freedom, the borders of her world that once seemed so protecting become insurmountable walls. With the help of her friends she gets an idea of what her life could be like without the strict religious rules. But there is still a long way to go until Hannah succeeds in jumping into this life.

Jana Frey was born in 1969. She started writing when she was only five years old. She studied litera...