Gisela Steinhauer - The weird bird catches more than the worm: About people with the courage to make a new start

At some point, we all come to the point where we ask ourselves: Should my life continue as it is or should it be different? Who is then a good compass? Influencers who think they're great? Activists who end up on the news? Or the quiet ones who sit in the second row? For journalist Gisela Steinhauer, the answer is clear: the most original paths are taken by "weird birds" who change their direction of flight. They come together in this book. From a submarine commander who became a shaman, to a Bembel potter who moved to the Sinai and guides tourists through the desert, to TV presenter Hape Kerkeling. From the mortician who revolutionized our way of mourning, to Cornelia Funke, who uses her imagination to make life easier for young and old, to the ballet dancer who saves food from the fields. All of these people can inspire - perhaps even to a new beginning of their own.

Gisela Steinhauer, born in 1960, works as a presenter for WDR 2 ("Sonntagsfragen"), WDR 5 ("Tischgespräch") and Deutschlandfunk Kultur. She has been awarded the Kurt Magnus Prize, the Radio Journal Broadcasting Prize and the German Radio Prize for her journalistic work.