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
Glad Red Winter was awesome! I think Come Dancing looks very cute. Hope this week is less stressful for you!
ReplyDeleteYou got Red Winter finished fast so it must have been good!
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ReplyDeleteCome Dancing has a beautiful cover. Hope you enjoy it :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy the review book as much as you did the one from the library!
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ReplyDeleteThey both look good. Come Dancing has such a lovely cover.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to hear Red Winter was good. I will have to check it out.
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Elizabeth
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Red Winter caught my eye.
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