Life in the Matriarchy: A journey through the history of the woman - Paperback

by Lena Birkthal (Author)

Lena Birkthal grows up protected bourgeois conditions. Her mother is a judge; her father is a popular lawyer. The circle of friends is made up of people from the upper class of society. She attends a private high school for girls and takes on studies afterwards.Only when her parents lose their life by a car accident, she finds out that there must be a secret in her family. Suddenly, friends of the family try to get into the house. She finds weapons and pictures in the house, which makes it obvious that something s totally wrong. Soon, she realizes that she has grown up in a world of strange rituals. Together with a woman that stands up for women s rights, she begins to explore the history of the matriarchy and discovers noteworthy things based upon old traditions. In the course of the years, she collects a lot of material that she has worked up in her book. An exciting journey through the history of the matriarchy and hence through the history of the woman.