Inseparable

When recently divorced Christine despairs over her 44th birthday, her best friend and sister take on the enormous task of gathering Chrstine's friends from throughout her life for one big surpise party that will show the birthday girl just how much she is loved.

Dora Heldt was born in 1961 on the North Sea island of Sylt. She was trained as a bookseller and has worked in publishing since 1992. She is the author of Life After Forty and Vacation with Dad, which spent sixty-one weeks on Germany's bestseller list upon its release there in 2008. She lives today in Hamburg, Germany. Jamie Lee Searle is a German-to-English translator who translates literary fiction, short stories, and articles for publishers and organizations throughout Europe and the United States. She also teaches German language and translation to undergraduate students. She is co-founder of the publishing collective And Other Stories, which seeks to promote and publish international literature in translation in the United Kingdom. She lives in London.