You Would Have Missed Me
Paperback Published on: 15/06/2019; Language: German (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £12.00
Synopsis
A family is torn apart by their dream of a better future in the West. A true story narrated through the eyes of a child.
West Germany, early 1960s: A little girl arrives with her parents from East Germany in a camp for displaced people. The girl's father is abusive, the mother ignores her. Soon she will celebrate her seventh birthday and all she wants is a cat. Instead she receives an illuminated globe. The girl can't hide her disappointment - but then she discovers that the globe offers her a way to escape the misery of the camp.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Peirene Press Ltd
- ISBN: 9781908670526
- Number of pages: 154
- Languages: German (Original language of a translated text)