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Book SynopsisA stunning Spanish novel, depicting the tragedy of twentieth century Europe through one family's story of betrayal.
Trade Review[I was] completely transported to communist East Berlin and drawn into the lives and fates of Katia and her family, so sparely and yet vividly told. . . I admired it immensely -- Clare Chambers
Aroa Moreno Durán writes with a rare sensitivity about the unconsidered consequences of giving everything up for love -- Claire Fuller
A moving novel * Grazia *
Beautifully written, powerfully realised. This is a novel that both makes you think and touches the heart -- Kate Hamer
A fascinating story of personal and political uprootedness. . . written with the delicacy that touches the reader's heart
* Manuel Vilas *
A perfect novel * Almudena Grandes *