Stones from the River

2011-01-25 Fiction

Author : Ursula Hegi
Release : 2011-01-25
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 761/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Stones from the River by : Ursula Hegi

Download or read book Stones from the River written by Ursula Hegi. This book was released on 2011-01-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Floating in My Mother’s Palm and Children and Fire, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times—“epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision” (Los Angeles Times). Trudi Montag is a Zwerg—a dwarf—short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share—from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he’s a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar. Ursula Hegi brings us a timeless and unforgettable story in Trudi and a small town, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.

Floating in My Mother's Palm

2011-01-25 Fiction

Author : Ursula Hegi
Release : 2011-01-25
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 532/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Floating in My Mother's Palm by : Ursula Hegi

Download or read book Floating in My Mother's Palm written by Ursula Hegi. This book was released on 2011-01-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floating in My Mother's Palm is the compelling and mystical story of Hanna Malter, a young girl growing up in 1950's Burgdorf, the small German town Ursula Hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel Stones from the River. Hanna's courageous voice evokes her unconventional mother, who swims during thunderstorms; the illegitimate son of an American GI, who learns from Hanna about his father; and the librarian, Trudi Montag, who lets Hanna see her hometown from a dwarf's extraordinary point of view. Although Ursula Hegi wrote Floating in My Mother's Palm first, it can be read as a sequel to Stones from the River.

The Vision of Emma Blau

2011-05-24 Fiction

Author : Ursula Hegi
Release : 2011-05-24
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 125/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Vision of Emma Blau written by Ursula Hegi. This book was released on 2011-05-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ursula Hegi returns with a luminous epic of a bicultural family filled with passion and aspirations, tragedy, and redemption. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Stefan Blau, whom readers will remember from Stones from the River, flees Burgdorf, a small town in Germany, and comes to America in search of the vision he has dreamed of every night. The novel closes nearly a century later with Stefan's granddaughter, Emma, and the legacy of his dream: the Wasserburg, a once-grand apartment house filled with the hidden truths of its inhabitants both past and present. The Vision of Emma Blau illustrates a fascinating picture of immigrants in America, including their dreams and disappointments, the challenges of assimilation, the frailty of language and its transcendence, the love that bonds generations and the cultural wedges that drive them apart.

Middleworld

2010-04 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Jon Voelkel
Release : 2010-04
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 711/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Middleworld written by Jon Voelkel. This book was released on 2010-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods. Includes cast of characters, glossary, facts about the Maya cosmos and calendar, and a recipe for chicken tamales.

Intrusions

2012-10-01 Fiction

Author : Ursula Hegi
Release : 2012-10-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 033/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Intrusions written by Ursula Hegi. This book was released on 2012-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliantly stretching literary conventions, Ursula Hegi, author of the best-selling Stones from the River, creates a funny and original novel within a novel to explore the doubts, decisions, and "might-have-beens" that mark not only the writing process but life itself. As her "author" and her fictional heroine deal with their intrusions into each other's lives, Hegi reveals much about the choices women make, the ambiguities they face, and the often surprising ways reality and fiction merge.

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