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 am reading Lionheart right now and it is really good!
ReplyDeleteI am really excited this year about buying e-books from Amazon. I have been reading so many great reviews, I hardly know where to start.
ReplyDeleteCity of Fallen Angels was really good - it's the only one I've read from your list, but I've heard good things about a lot of the others. I hope Santa brings at least a few of the books from you for Christmas :-)
ReplyDeleteI think I might get 11/22/63 as a library book, just to see what I think. I am always iffy when it comes to King.
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City of Glass is a great read and I keep hearing great things about 11/22/63!
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You have several on your list I would love: 11/22/63 and Lionheart. My Christmas wish list needs to be longer. Hope you get your wishes!
ReplyDeleteI heard Robert Massie interviewed on NPR and now I'm dying to read that Catherine the Great biography as well!! Hope you get it :)
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