Stones From The River Av Ursula Hegi

<b>From the acclaimed author of <i>The Worst Thing I''ve Done</i> and <i>Children and Fire</i>, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times—“epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision” (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>).</b><BR><BR>Trudi Montag is a <i>Zwerg</i>—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.<BR> <BR> Ursula Hegi brings us a daring, dramatic, and complex novel of life in Germany through an unspeakable time, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.