When you are sent to a dragon you must first kill it, before it kills you. And let's say you succeeded against all odds, now comes the really hard part: returning to the company that sent you to your death, freeing yourself from the role of victim, gaining control over your destiny, your own place in the world. This is a so-called fantastical story that is actually realistic to the bone, about girls who refuse to let go of their grip on a world that insists on shaking them off. Martha is as happy as she hasn't been in a long time, she is invited as the guest of honor for the first Dragon Festival without a dragon. They will finally recognize her heroism. Not even the shadow chasing her will cloud this moment. But the city of happiness has changed, the prison kneels under suspicion and fear, and from the lower sections of the ship of fools a new kind of stench rises, dark plots are woven there. Noah also returned to the city of happiness, and is trapped in her own darkness. Strong forces will tear the girls apart, but they will return and unite at the end where the trilogy will reach its climax. All Childhood is the third and final part of the Dragon Girls trilogy. It was preceded by the Book of the Fathers and the Book of Wishes. In spectacular feats of imagination Marit Ben-Israel creates a circus and sensual world that is at the same time realistic to the bone, a world in which ugliness and the sublime go hand in hand. For those who dare to fall into it, endless wonders await. "The years that have passed since the publication of Daughters of the Dragon, Marit Ben Israel's wonderful, cruel and full of grace, dreamy and nightmarish book, have only intensified its power and importance. Re-reading it burns and uplifts as only literature can do. Should do." Noa Manheim
