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
Awesome books this week!! I hope you enjoy them all :D
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I know that feeling! 'Hum...I already have a lot to read at home, I don't need anything else... but maybe just one more. Or 7.' LOL.
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Pretty In Plaid is soooo funny!
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Oh man, I LOVE Jen Lancaster! I have met her before at an author signing and she's just as funny in person. :)
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You absolutely HAVE to read The Tea Rose as soon as possible. It's one of my favorite books, and I love the other two books in the series as well. Hopefully you'll read it soon, because I can't wait to hear what you think of it.
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