She can only live here. She was looking for us. It’s her own world and only we know this place. Annika does not believe in a way out. She carries too much fear, shame, anger and sadness within her. We know about Annika’s secret place to which she fled because we are her friends. Nobody knows us but them. No one knows she had to endure the worst except for us. Annika is silent. But we are her voice. Annika is blind and deaf. But we are her eyes and ears. Don’t be afraid, Annika… Annika Mauren is very quiet and reserved. This seems to be a mystery for both the parents and her entire environment, nobody can get close to her. Only her imaginary friend Harry is the one she seems to have contact with. In her imagination, Annika builds a city in the clouds, into which she withdraws more and more. There she meets new imaginary friends and feels understood and cared for. When she meets Laurin and Jens as a young adult, her secret threatens to be exposed. But Annika’s imaginary friends want to protect her from that. Laurin, in particular, manages to gain Annika’s trust, and based on his own experiences, he soon has a suspicion as to what could really be wrong with Annika… A gripping social drama from author Elias J. Connor that tells the fact-based, tragic story of Multiple Personality Disorder sufferer Annika as she desperately seeks a way out of her trauma. Authentic, direct and true.
Über den Autor
Elias J. Connor is an author in the genres of fantasy, drama, social drama and thriller, sometimes also in other genres such as children's and young adult literature and non-fiction. Already in early childhood Elias begins to write; first short stories, later complete stories. But he only does this in secret. In 2013, a close friend gave him the idea of making his works accessible to the public. In 2014, Connor's first novel was published.