Lilli Tollkien's debut novel 'Mit beiden Händen den Himmel stützen' goes on tour

Lilli Tollkien embarks on an extensive reading tour for her highly praised debut novel 'Mit beiden Händen den Himmel stützen', one of the strongest debuts of spring. The novel follows Lale, a girl growing up in a Berlin men's commune in the 1980s, where parties and revolution planning are the norm. She craves security and reliability while her boundaries are repeatedly crossed, eventually finding solace in storytelling. Tollkien, born in 1980 in Berlin, studied directing and music therapy in Berlin and Heidelberg, and has worked as an addiction counselor in prison, a job coach, and a set designer. She also works as a photographer and has published in anthologies. She lives with her children in Leipzig. The tour includes stops in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Augsburg, Kassel, Lübeck, Hamburg, Erfurt, Würzburg, and Bremerhaven.