The Night TravellersAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 19 January 2023
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Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and finally, the fall of the Berlin Wallâ?▌ A Berlin, 1931: Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to a mixed-race daughter she names Lilith. As the Nazis rise to power, Ally knows she must keep her baby in the shadows to protect her against Hitlerâ?Ts deadly ideology of Aryan purity. But as she grows, it becomes more and more difficult to keep Lilith hiddenâ?▌ A Havana, 1958: Lilith has few memories of her mother or her childhood in Germany. But as the flames of revolution ignite, Lilith and her newborn daughter, Nadine, find themselves at a terrifying crossroads. A Berlin, 1988: As a scientist in Berlin, Nadine is dedicated to ensuring the dignity of the remains of all those who were murdered by the Nazis. Yet she has spent her entire lifetime avoiding the truth about her own familyâ?Ts history. It will fall to her daughter Luna to come to terms with a shocking betrayal that changes everything she thought she knew about her familyâ?Ts past. A Separated by time but united by sacrifice, four women embark on journeys of self-discovery and find themselves to be living testaments to the power of motherly love. Translated by Nick Caistor and Faye Williams. Additional translation by Cecilia Molinari. A
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