Babička – Obermannová Irena (2021)

A book about aging, rejuvenation, and sex. Irena's new book marks her return to the 'original Obermann,' the author of the bestseller Diary of a Mad Wife, which was also adapted into a film. In her new novel, she returns to what she does best – sharing strong female emotions, including taboo feelings, and she also connects to the legacy of Božena Němcová, as the title itself suggests. Xénie has become a grandmother. She copes with this new status in her own way. Just like with her relationship with her vital mother, without realizing that even the energetic mom will one day die. It will happen, and Xénie feels deep grief. As if that weren't enough, someone steals the urn with her mother's ashes. In her search for the urn, Xénie gradually learns increasingly surprising things about her mother. And also about herself. She stumbles upon a family secret she had no idea about, and when she is about to set off into the world to find her ancestors, a global pandemic breaks out. Instead of going abroad, Xénie moves to the countryside to a half-ruined house, grows herbs, sings, and despite the quarantine, meets a man so close to her that they do not maintain the two-meter distance. And Xénie, high on mullein, cannot stop marveling when she awakens her true self. In the end, she finds that urn, although in a completely different place than she would...