Die zweite Frau

Summary

My Mother, My Bride and I

Of course it′s crazy: going to Bucharest to meet prospective wives chosen from a catalogue. But it′s OK with Erwin, in his early 40s, who knows little of life and even less of women. Up to now, the only woman in his life has been his mother. In the day, he runs the family gas station with her. In the evening, he watches TV with her. Life in the sticks doesn′t offer much more. A wife is what he needs! But Erwin is momma′s boy, and she isn′t into sharing. This becomes distressingly clear to Irina, the shy young woman Erwin brings back from Bucharest with him. He has three weeks to decide whether he wants to "keep" her. As his mother sharpens her claws, Irina metamorphoses from gray mouse to enterprising, life-loving dynamo. She opens up a bar at the gas station, bringing color and life to the drab mother-son couple. It′s a bit too much for Erwin, who has trouble coping with Irina′s inexplicable moods and demands, her sexuality, her womanhood. And when his mother dies, Erwin realizes how helpless and alone he is. He needs Irina more than ever. The only problem is, she′s gone back to Romania...

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