Paula Modersohn-Becker was here: she was friends with Rilke, wandered the wastelands, painted children and peasant women, was interested in nudism, kept a diary and became the first artist to decide on a nude self-portrait. During her lifetime, Paula did not receive recognition: her exhibitions received caustic reviews, and she managed to sell only three paintings - much less than her husband, the artist Otto Modersohn. The Nazis destroyed some of her works, considering them “degenerate.” But Paula always had defenders. Among them is the French writer Marie Darrieusec, who created a lively and accurate literary portrait of Paula - the story of the unequal struggle of the expressionist with the artists of the early twentieth century, the search for her own style, friendship with Clara Westhoff and marriage with Otto Modersohn, her life in Worpswede and Paris. “To Be Here Is a Miracle” cements Paula's reputation as a major figure of modernism and sheds light on the difficulties that artists faced on the path to professional recognition.