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Book Review of Stones from the River

Stones from the River
Stones from the River
Author: Ursula Hegi
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


I thought the author, Ursela Hegi, took a long time to develop the characters at the beginning until I got further into the book, and realized why she did. This book starts out in a small German town shortly after WWI, and you get to know the people in it through the main character Trudi Montag, a Zwerg. Trudi is of small statute, but she has a big heart. We follow her through the beginning of the rise the Nazis and how it affects the Jewish people and the Catholic and Protestant Germans in her town. You will find Trudi getting only one of the three things she desires the most, enjoy.