ʻAʻohe manawa ma mua i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻole. Akā pīhoihoi ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā ʻoe iho e kēlā hoʻāʻo lapuwale i kahi huakaʻi melancholic i ka wā o ko mākou mau mākua. Aia a hiki i kēlā ao e hiki mai ana ma luna o mākou akā ʻo ia ka nui o nā kuhi āpau e pahū. I ka hihia o Ulrich woelk Ma mua ʻo ia e kiʻi i nā memo i loko o kēlā puke āu e ʻike ʻole nei e kākau nei. Maliʻa paha he kikoʻī kahi e kākau ai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a hiki i ka manawa e hoʻokele ai kekahi i kā lākou leka mua ...
A ʻae, pehea e hoʻomaka ʻole ai e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka makuahine ʻoiai inā ma ke aloha ʻana i kēlā pili pili pili o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo me kona mau latike. Ma muli o ka noho ʻana o nā makuahine i kēlā mau kauwela nani e kali nei iā kākou āpau, me ka ʻike ʻole i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole e like me nā kaua. ʻO nā hihiʻo kanikau e hōʻino ʻole i nā ʻike ke loaʻa ka waiwai i ka maka. ʻOiai ʻo kekahi mea keu aku a ke kanaka e hōʻea ana i ka mahina, he mea hoʻohālikelike ia o ke ola ulu, kahi mea hulahula ʻē aʻe i ka honua i kākoʻo ʻia e ke ʻano hana kupanaha like o nā lā i hala lohi, me he mea ʻeha ʻole, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka umekaumaha. Ka umekaumaha kino a me ka naʻau e hāʻule haʻahaʻa ana ma lalo o kā lākou kaumaha ...
ʻO ke kauwela 1969. I ke kūʻē ʻana i ke kaua ʻo Vietnam ma ke alanui, ʻo Tobias, kahi keikikāne he ʻumikūmāiwa ona makahiki e noho ana ma waho o Cologne, ke kakali nui nei i ka pae mua ʻana o ka mahina kanaka. I kēia manawa, hoʻomaka ka male kuʻikahi o kona mau mākua i kekahi mau hakakā, a ua hoʻomaka ʻia nā hanana i ka wā e noho ai kahi kāne pili politika i ka hale ma ka puka.
Me ko lākou ʻokoʻa, ua hoaaloha ko Tobias mau mākua conservative me nā hoanoho hou. ʻO ke kaikamahine kipi a naʻaupō ʻo Rosa, ʻumikūmākolu ona makahiki, ʻaʻole i ʻike wale i nā mea e pili ana i nā mele pop a me nā palapala, akā e pili ana hoʻi i nā mea aloha.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "Kuʻu Makuahine Kauwela" na Ulrich Woelk ma aneʻi:
