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...
Looks like you have some great reading ahead. have a great week Denise.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun having the settlement cash to buy wish list books. Have a good week!
ReplyDeleteI bought Twelve Years a Slave right after I saw the movie but think I'll have to be in the right mood to read it if it's as gut wrenching as the movie was. Have a great week!
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Those books will be sad reads I think.
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