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...
I love those $.99 books and wish I had your restraint. See what I mean at my new books posts. My new books posts are at Ms. Martin Teaches Media (YA) and Inside of a Dog (Adult). Please stop by if you get a chance. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThose $.99 books get me all the time - last week I bought 6! But, you really can't go wrong with the price!
ReplyDeleteI'll be looking forward to reading your review of this book - I've never read anything by Elizabeth Chadwick, but have seen her books around.
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I can't control myself when books go on sale like that. I won Lady of the English earlier this week and I am anxious to read it. Hope you enjoy it.
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I still haven't read anything by Elizabeth Chadwick. But everyone keeps raving about her books, so hopefully I'll finally be able to read something by her in 2013.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of her books either. I have heard they are good so I am hoping I like it!
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