The wish child : a novel
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2018.
Edition
First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 24 cm
Status
PCPLS - Valparaiso Public Library - Adult Fiction
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Germany, 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who excises prohibited words ("promise", "love", "mercy") from books. Erich is an only child living a lush rural life near Leipzig, tending beehives, aware that he is shadowed by strange, unanswered questions. Drawn together as Germany's hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, the children find temporary refuge in an abandoned theater amid the rubble of Berlin. Outside, white bedsheets hang from windows; all over the city people are talking of surrender. The days Sieglinde and Erich spend together will shape the rest of their lives. Watching over them is the wish child, the enigmatic narrator of their story. He sees what they see, he feels what they feel, yet his is a voice that comes from deep inside the ruins of a nation's dream.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chidgey, C. (2018). The wish child: a novel (First Counterpoint hardcover edition.). Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chidgey, Catherine, 1970-. 2018. The Wish Child: A Novel. Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chidgey, Catherine, 1970-. The Wish Child: A Novel Counterpoint, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chidgey, Catherine. The Wish Child: A Novel First Counterpoint hardcover edition., Counterpoint, 2018.
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