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
When it rains it pours with the interlibrary loans, right? I love the library :) You picked up some great looking books! Happy reading :)
ReplyDeleteLike all your historical fiction reads. they all sound amazing. Particularly need to check out the Belfrage book.
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ReplyDeleteThey all look good...ENJOY!!!
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It looks like you're in for some great reading!
ReplyDeleteI've been at the library too (well, two of them - we can borrow from any library in the group) piling up on Baileys Prize longlist books.
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Looks like a lot of great historical fiction!
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Glad your books came through, enjoy!
ReplyDeleteOoh they all look lovely!
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