The Last Day of January
By Greer Decker
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Added to this, Sarah, a staunch Remainer, is still fuming over Brexit and a lack of political responsibility as she sees it. She loved cosmopolitan London and is unsure about living and working in a Brexit strong environment. Sarah's sister Rachel and family live in Berlin and they compare UK and German mentalities, cultures and lifestyles. There are tensions between them, however, as they come to terms with their mother's condition.
On the upside, Sarah enjoys the new school and develops feelings for a fellow teacher, James, whose own mother has recently passed away. He also has issues at school, e.g. being wrongly accused of being too pally towards a boy in his class, with social media escalating the situation.
Additionally, Sarah becomes involved when the sister - Izabela - of a young pupil - Zofia - runs away from home to London and then to her native Poland. Following investigation, much of it through Zofia and with another colleague, Sarah is able to find out, ironically with Joan's help, who has aggravated Izabela's troubles. Over the five months leading up to Brexit Day, Sarah's life increases in complexity with issues from the minute to the global: relationships; interactions; belonging; acceptance; cyberbullying, homophobia and politics. This climaxes when she and James clash over Brexit, leading her to take positive actions to reconcile her feelings.
Greer Decker
Die Autorin, Jahrgang 1967, wuchs in der ländlichen Grafschaft Suffolk in England auf. Nach dem Abschluss ihres Germanistikstudiums in Norwich 1989 zog sie nach München, wo sie als Übersetzerin im Patentrechtsbereich tätig war. 1997 absolvierte sie ein pädagogisches Studium an der Universität von Cambridge. Danach führte sie ihr Lebensweg nach Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart und Berlin. Seit 1999 arbeitet sie für eine deutsche Großbank, zunächst als Übersetzerin und zuletzt im Bereich Compliance. 2004 fand sie mit ihrer Familie in Berlin ein Zuhause. 2014 kehrte sie noch einmal mit ihrer Familie für einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren nach England zurück, diesmal nach London. Im Dezember 2016 wurde ihr die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft verliehen. Seit 2019 lebt sie wieder in Berlin.
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