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 political? Can we rise above our histories and political
identities to forge a new understanding of the past and to welcome
change?
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