Where Do We Go from Here?

Doris Dorrie

Dec 2008 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA

About this ebook

Meet Fred Kaufmann, disillusioned husband of thoroughly competent Claudia and father of surly teenager Franka. His dreams of being a movie director have long ago been shelved for marriage and a child. While Claudia sells her successful vegetarian take-out restaurant to a fast food chain and buys into Buddhism, Fred is trapped in the throes of a classic midlife crisis, made worse when Franka falls madly in love with a young guru. With the hope that brown rice and hardcore meditation will cure Franka's obsession, Fred chaperones his daughter to the meditation center in the South of France. But as a bizarre set of events unfolds, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that only a special kind of hero can survive. Funny, incisive, and ultimately forgiving, Where Do We Go From Here? is a masterpiece of ironic social comedy from one of Germany's leading writers and filmmakers.

About the author

Doris Dörrie is the celebrated film director of many films including the modern classic comedy Men and, most recently, Seeking Enlightenment. She is the author of a number of novels and collections of stories, including Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing and What Do You Want from Me?