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 Confessor by Daniel Silva sounds very interesting. I like his books. Happy reading :)
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Enjoy the Kindle Fire - it looks really good. Sadly no shopping for me last week but the postie was kind :)
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ENJOY your new books and your reading week.
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I'm fascinated by the Romanovs so I'd like to read The Family Romanov. Enjoy your new books!
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ReplyDeleteThe Family Romanov sounds very interesting. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI hope you find that book what will help you out with your reading funk, I have my days of that. Mostly when traveling but I do read while traveling and on airplane if I am up for it. http://nrcbooks.blogspot.com/2015/01/mailbox-monday-17.html
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