The life of Meina. Inspired by true events.
The author Bernd Bratsch was born in 1953 and grew up in Bitburg / Germany.
He has lived in Asia for more than 3 decades and resides in Taiwan. Meina is his 4th book.
A young woman from a mountain village in southern Taiwan is lured to the capital Taipei with false promises and ends up in the clutches of the mafia.
Instead of a promised education, she is forced to play music and sing in the entertainment district.
By chance, she meets a young German man whom she met two years earlier at a culture show in the south of the island.
It is the beginning of a journey through life together with seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
The exciting and touching novel describes the power of determination of two people from two different cultures.
The novel is set in Taiwan, Thailand and Germany.
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