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Stones from the River
by Ursula Hegi
May 1997
Synopsis
"From the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of Floating in My Mother's Palm comes a stunning novel about ordinary people living in extraordinary 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." (Publisher)
Reviews
- "Rich and lively....This moving, elegiac novel commands our compassion and respect for the wisdom and courage to be found in unlikely places, in unlikely times." (Suzanne Ruta - The New York Times Book Review)
- "Hegi has a real genius for the material of personal existence, for the world seen close up...fascinating." (Mary Mackey - San Francisco Chronicle)
- "The personal histories of Hegi's characters and the political history they choose to remember or forget illuminate each other in this unforgettable book." (Nancy Willard - Washington Post Book World)
Book Club Rating and Comments
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Other Books by Ursula Hegi
- 'Floating in My Mother's Palm'
- 'Intrusions'
- 'Salt Dancers'
- 'Tearing the Silence: On Being German in America'
- 'Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories'