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This award-winning novel follows twins Anna and Lotte Bamberg, born in Cologne in 1916 but orphaned and separated before World War II. The women reunite by chance in their 70s in the resort town of Spa, where they spend a great deal of time trying to get to know each other again. Both have suffered greatly, but while Anna stayed in Germany and married a man who joined the Reich, Lotte was been raised in Holland with a family that sheltered Jews. Anna is brash and crude, and although she tries to make Lotte understand her life, the latter projects onto Anna her deep resentment of all things German. A subtle, lyrical novel that performer Edwina Wren narrates with a sensitive, lilting grace.
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Twins Anna and Lotte Bamberg are born in Cologne but orphaned and separated when they are five. While Lotte is taken in by Dutch relatives, Anna is raised by her grandfather in rural poverty.
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- William
- 09-03-09
Disturbing but it makes you think
Not an easy listen, because it's a tough story. Well written, though, with good and believeable character development.
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- 07-25-18
Completely distinct voices for each woman.
3.5 stars.
There are aspects of this book that were quite wonderful. I found the plot well-conceived, intriguing and complex. The idea of looking at a good person who happens to be a German is an important one because it is easy to think in hindsight that all Germans were bad people. In fact, we often think that all Germans were evil. It is a simplistic idea and this book gave us a reason to think more deeply. How do good people allow an evil man to reign over them? What do we learn from it?
Anna and Lotte were twins who were orphaned and separated. One stayed in Germany and the other was raised in the Netherlands. WW2 ensued and the first was a woman married to, and widowed by, a German soldier. The other was a woman who sheltered Jews and lost the love of her life in a German concentration camp. They finally meet again -- by accident -- while each is visiting a spa at 80 years old.
It was a rich and wonderful premise for a book, and I could have loved this book but it was missing the emotional connection that I needed. While I enjoyed the conversations between Anna and Lotte, and the great exploration of their history, I wanted more of the personal conversations that I think we all would have in this situation. Where were their questions about family, personal loves, the things they did during the almost 80 years since they had seen one another last? Where were the quiet tears and angry curses over their lost moments? Where were the deeply emotional conversations that tried to catch up with one another's lives.
The narration by Edwina Wren was excellent. Her voices for Anna and Lotte were distinct and unique. And, on top of that, she was able to age the characters when appropriate. Brilliant.
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