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
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The Fault In Our Stars I added to my tbr list today. Sounds like a great one.
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TFIOS was simply amazing! I adore John Green. Hope you enjoy it too!
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Great set! So cool that you got John Green's book. Everyone is raving about it.
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The Pregnancy Project sounds amazing. The fact that it's based on real life just makes it all the more amazing.
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Dying to read TFIOS!
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