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
The storyteller sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing your haul this week! Have a great day and please come and see mine sometime!
ReplyDeleteI just started it last night and it's pretty good so far!
DeleteI'm very intrigued by The Storyteller. Usually I'm not a big Jodi Picoult fan, but this one looks good. Thanks so much for stopping by Books, Bones & Buffy!
ReplyDeleteI don't really like Jodi Picoult either but I am actually enjoying it.
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