Synopsis: Distant Signs is an intimate portrait of two families spanning three generations amidst turbulent political change, behind and beyond the Berlin Wall. In 1960s East Germany, Margret, a professor’s daughter from the city, meets and marries Hans, from a small village in Thuringia. The couple struggle to contend with their different backgrounds, and the emotional scars they bear from childhood in the aftermath of war. As East German history gradually unravels, with collision of the personal and political, their two families’ hidden truths are quietly revealed. An exquisitely written novel with strongly etched characters that stay with you long after the book is finished and an authentic portrayal of family life behind the iron curtain based on personal experience of the author who is East German and was 16 years old at the fall of the Berlin Wall. Why do families repeat destructive patterns of behaviour across generations? Should the personal take precedence over
Congrats on hitting your goal already! 150 is a lot of books. I made a goal to read 75 books this year and I have already read 84. I guess we both read more than we thought we would!
ReplyDeleteWow -- that's a lot of books! I took a huge break this year for a few months and didn't read anything (for shame!), but now I'm back on track. i was going to set a goal of 100 books for next year and hopefully surpass it.
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