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Book SynopsisExplores the deeper cultural assumptions through which Americans view the larger world
Trade Review“Tweedie has achieved what the best memoirs strive for. Beyond telling the story of a year in Germany,
In the Shadows of a Fallen Wall is an eloquent argument for trying something novel, learning something new, and embracing discomfort to become a bigger, better, and more compassionate person.”—Julija Šukys, author of
Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė“Few Americans these days take the trouble to investigate a country about which they know less than they think. Sanford Tweedie has, and the result is a lucidly written and perceptive account of one family’s experience of a Germany that—though now united—is not yet as one.”—Michael Gorra, author of Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece
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In the Shadows of a Fallen Wall is highly recommended."—Jack Mason,
Midwest Book Review"Tweedie's bravery and persistence in the face of formidable challenges makes for an entertaining and recommended read."—D. Driftless,
Readers LaneTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: The Walls in Our Heads
1. Breaking Down the Wall
2. But for the Weather
3. Leaving the American Sector
4. Concrete Details: Your Guide's Tour of Erfurt
5. alfs, Autos, and Encounters with the Polizei
6. Words Fail Me, Yet Again
7. Destinations and Wanderings
8. Field without Dreams: Baseball in the Former GDR
9. The Class That Doesn't Exist in the Country That Once Did
10. Whatever You Do, Don't Look Down
11. In Former Times
Afterword: Echoes of a Fallen Wall
