Stones from the River av Ursula Hegi

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<B>From the acclaimed author of <I>Floating in My Mother’s Palm</I> and <I>Children and Fire</I>, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times—“epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision” (<I>Los Angeles Times</I>).</B><BR><BR>Trudi Montag is a <I>Zwerg</I>—a dwarf—short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share—from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he’s a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar.<BR><BR> Ursula Hegi brings us a timeless and unforgettable story in Trudi and a small town, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.