This powerful poignant and inspirational novel a Lambda Literary Award winner is the true
story of two unlikely lovers set against World War II Berlin--a riveting chronicle of love
loyalty and survival against all odds. "A memorable vivid and intimate portrait." --
Entertainment Weekly Berlin 1942. Lilly Wust 29 married four children led a life as did
millions of German women. But then she met the 21-year-old Felice Schragenheim. It was love
almost at first sight. Aimée and Jaguar started forging plans for the future. They composed
poems and love letters to each other and wrote their own marriage contract. When Jaguar-Felice
admitted to her lover that she was Jewish this dangerous secret drew the two women even closer
to one another. But their luck didn't last. On August 21 1944 Felice was arrested and
deported. At the age of 80 Lilly Wust told her story to Erica Fischer who turned it into a
poignant testimony. After the book appeared in 1994 she was contacted by additional
contemporaries of Aimée and Jaguar who offered new material that has been integrated into the
present edition. The book translated into twenty languages and the film based on it--directed
by Max Färberböck with Juliane Köhler and Maria Schrader in the leading roles--have made Aimée
and Jaguar's story known around the world.
