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
Shadow & Bone is an amazing read! I also love the cover. :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't that cover FABULOUS? And I am so with you about NetGalley - I put myself on a requesting ban, but somehow ended up with six new titles this week. Whoops! I hope you love Shadow and Bone!
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I love this cover too. But I am obsessed with all things Russian. Definitely need to check this one out!
ReplyDeleteI really want to read this one!! Is it on NetGalley? I have been staying away from NetGalley because I have way too many books to read right now, but I might need to sneak over to request this one.
ReplyDeleteGreat set! I'm really curious about Shadow and Bone. I'll have to look for it on Netgalley.
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Aah!!! You got Shadow and Bone?! How awesome is that?!?! Let us know how it is!!!!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteHere's Mine: http://www.burgandyice.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-my-sunday-mailbox.html