It’s the middle of the twentieth century, the Federal Republic of Germany is still young, and Ada is also young, for whom everything that came before her is a dark past, an open book from which the older generation tore out the most important chapter. Ada is looking for her identity, wants to find family, but is faced only with emptiness and silence. Then she decides to explore this world on her own - according to the rules that she herself chooses. The novels of the famous actor and screenwriter Christian Berkel “My Darling Ada” and “The Apple Tree” became bestsellers. The novel “The Apple Tree” spent more than 25 weeks on the list of the best books of the German publication Spiegel, which is a real achievement. The books are united by a cross-cutting plot, but each is an independent work. The novel “My Darling Ada” by Christian Berkel describes the fictional fate of his sister. This is the story of a girl, then a woman, who witnessed the construction and destruction of the Berlin Wall, the economic miracle of West Germany and the student protests of the 60s. This is a period of change, the coexistence of traditional attitudes and new sexuality. Problems of generations, alienation from family, the desire to be loved and understand oneself - all this is in the author’s new novel. “This is not a biography, but a mosaic of an amazing life, the gaps in which the author delicately fills in with his own imagination.” – Munchner Merkur Christian Berkel's novels have been translated into 9 foreign languages and have been repeatedly noted in the media.