Divestment

In this compelling audiobook by Helene Wecker, listeners are invited into the complex inner world of a German-Jewish grandmother facing a major life transition. As Gerda Kohl moves to a new retirement center, she confronts difficult choices about what to carry with her—both tangible possessions and unresolved memories. The story explores themes of family, identity, and the passage of time, balancing moments of warmth with those that are hauntingly unsettling.