Goodreads asked Jürgen Ehlers:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Jürgen Ehlers The missing sister. From one of the letters left behind by my parents I learnt that there had been a half-sister. Jutta was about the same age as me, but nobody had ever mentioned her. I must have met her. Same age, same village, same school. But so many years had passed, and there were no relatives left to ask. And the girls from my class? I knew the names. But they were of no use. Probably the girls were all married by now ...

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