TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hardach,Sophie
TI  - Confession with blue horses
SN  - 9781788548786
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Head of Zeus
KW  - Family reunification
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Political prisoners
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Germany (East)
KW  - Nineteen eighties
KW  - Families
KW  - fast
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Berlin (Germany)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Germany
KW  - Berlin
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "An Apollo book."
N2  - Set in Berlin during the dying days of communism, this is an exploration of a family cruelly torn apart, and the consequences of war seeping through generations. Tobi and Ella's childhood in East Berlin is shrouded in mystery. Now adults living in London, their past in full of unanswered questions. Both remember their family's daring and terrifying attempt to escape, which ended in tragedy; but the fall-out from that single event remains elusive. Where did their parents disappear to, and why? What happened to Heiko, their little brother? And was there ever a painting of three blue horses? In contemporary Germany, Aaron works for the archive, making his way through old files, piecing together the tragic history of thousands of families. But one file in particular catches his eye; and soon unravelling the secrets at its heart becomes an obsession. When Ella is left a stash of notebooks by her mother, and she and Tobi embark on a search that will take them back to Berlin, her fate clashes with Aaron's, and together they piece together the details of Ella's past... and a family destroyed. Devastating and beautifully written, funny and life-affirming, Confession with Blue Horses explores intimate family life and its strength in the most difficult of circumstances
ER  -