04620cam a2200889 4500 598349762 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781619023543 1619023547 B00GL9T2LW Amazon 895559a6-e31f-4c4a-a235-32f701892f6a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1471225 OverDrive (Product ID) 674856 674856 674856 TxAuBib Hummel, Maria. Motherland [Libby eBook]. Catapult, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 803kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. historical fiction novels. historical fiction books. books historical fiction. Historical Fiction. Alternate History. historical novels. literary fiction. american history. Military Fiction. book club books. military books. fiction books. Coming of age. books fiction. World War II. World War 2. Friendship. true story. Historical. Road Trips. Adventure. war books. Military. families. Literary. romance. England. fantasy. mystery. Cooking. classic. Fiction. german. school. novels. family. Dutch. roman. Drama. Music. love. WWII. War. art. HTML:<b>A "haunting . . . searing and honest" (<i>People</i>) family saga inspired by Maria Hummel's own extended family and their status as Mitläufer, Germans who “went along” with Nazism, reaping its benefits and later paying the consequences.</b><br /> <br /> Inspired by the stories told by her father about his German childhood and letters between her grandparents that were hidden in an attic wall for fifty years, <i>Motherland</i> is a novel that attempts to reckon with the paradox of the author's father—a product of her grandparents’ fiercely protective love—and their status as passive Nazi–sympathizers known as Mitläufer.<br /> <br /> At the center of <i>Motherland</i> lies the Kappus family: Frank is a reconstructive surgeon who lost his beloved wife in childbirth. Two months later, just before being drafted into medical military service, Frank marries a young woman charged with looking after the surviving baby and his two grieving sons. Alone in the house, Liesl attempts to keep the children fed with dwindling food supplies, safe from the constant Allied air attacks and the tides of desperate refugees flooding their town. When one child begins to mentally unravel, Liesl must discover the source of the boy’s infirmity or lose him forever to Hadamar, the infamous hospital for “unfit” children.<br /> <br /> Bearing witness to the shame and courage of Third Reich families during the devastating final days of the war, each family member’s fateful choice leads the reader deeper into questions of complicity and innocence, and to the novel’s heartbreaking and unforgettable conclusion.<br /> <br /> <b>"Hummel's haunting novel is set in the ravaged landscape of German just before the country's collapse at the end of World War . . . Searing and honest, her book illuminates the reality of war away from the front lines—betrayal and compromise, neighbor turning on neighbor, the unexpected heroism of ordinary people—with a compassion and depth of understanding that will touch your heart." —<i>People</i></b>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/motherland-895559?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/motherland-895559?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/motherland-895559?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)