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 have Dyer's The Midnight Watch on my wishlist - lucky you. Happy reading Denise!
ReplyDeleteSo interesting to have all those historical novels. Looks like a fun reading time ahead!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a nice collection Denise. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteLots of tempting books here...Five Chimneys is calling to me. Thanks for sharing...and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
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The Midnight Watch is catching my eye.
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Netgalley is such a dangerous place! It looks like you are about to go on a great historical fiction spree. :)
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