Judith Hermann is 30 years old and lives in Berlin. She has spent time studying German literature, Philosophy and Music. Her training as a journalist led to a two-year stint working in New York. She has also worked as an actress and singer. This story is taken from her debut collection, The Summer House, Later, translated into English from the German by Margo Bettauer Dembo, and published this week by Flamingo at £12.99 in UK.