Floating in My Mother's Palm

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Floating in My Mother's Palm

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Scribner
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20th Century, Best Sellers, Contemporary, General, Historical Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction, On Sale, United States, World War II
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20th Century, Contemporary, General, Literary, United States, World War II



Floating in My Mother's Palm is the compelling and mystical story of Hanna Malter, a young girl growing up in 1950's Burgdorf, the small German town Ursula Hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel Stones from the River. Hanna's courageous voice evokes her unconventional mother, who swims during thunderstorms; the illegitimate son of an American GI, who learns from Hanna about his father; and the librarian, Trudi Montag, who lets Hanna see her hometown from a dwarf's extraordinary point of view. Although Ursula Hegi wrote Floating in My Mother's Palm first, it can be read as a sequel to Stones from the River.


Publishers Weekly

Hanna Malter, a young girl in a post-WW II German town, obliquely exposes the secret lives of her family and acquaintances. According to PW , ``Some of the parables are a little too neat, but in general these finely tuned, interlocked vignettes convey both the essence of childhood and the spiritual emptiness of a community unwilling to confront the implications of the recent war.'' (June)



Categories:


  • Literature & Fiction

    • Historical Fiction

      • 20th Century
        • World War II & Holocaust








Publisher : Scribner

Author : Hegi, Ursula

Language : English

Edition : 1

Published :1998-07-03

Number Of Pages : 192

Binding : paperback

ISBN-10 : 0684854759

ISBN-13 : 9780684854755

Item weight : 0.68 lb

Dimensions : 0.5 in x 5.5 in x 8.5 in

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