敘述ㄧ位女性如何走出生命中的低潮，並勇敢的告別過去，展開全新的人生旅程。

It is just before Katia Werner's thirtieth birthday that, from one day to the next, she loses her job and apartment and doesn't have a clue about how her life is to continue. What she needs is a new beginning, and so without further ado she sets off for her old aunt's – her father's half-sister she has never before met. Aunt Ruth runs the "Palau Beach Hotel" in an idyllic setting on the Baltic Sea where time seems to have stood still. The hotel's decidedly elderly inhabitants and, more so, Katia's gruff and, in her own special way, impressive aunt make sure that the spontaneous weekend visit turns into a sojourn of several months.

After some chaotic affairs and numberless getaways Katia for the first time takes the risk of staying – without realising that in doing so she is letting herself in for the biggest challenge of her life.

Veronika Peters, born in 1966, spent her childhood in Germany and Africa, where her father was a teacher. When she was fifteen, she left home, became trained as an educator and worked in a psychiatric home for youth. She entered a convent in 1987. After nearly 12 years she left the order and moved to Berlin, where she worked on her photography and writing. Her first book, What Fits in Two Suitcases, was a bestseller and has been translated into numerous languages.

"With her new novel, The Sea in Gold and Grey, Veronika Peters has written a poetic work of rare beauty and grace, one to tug at the emotions. This German author knows about the power of words and has given them here a glow that goes deep into the heart. With depth and a light sprinkle of humor, she offers wonderful reading that will not soon be forgotten." literaturmarkt.info