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  <title><![CDATA[Trudy's Promise]]></title>
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  <default-description>An act of desperation divides a mother and her child. Only an act of faith can reunite them.&lt;P&gt;Trudy Hulst has no idea if her husband survived his attempted escape past the newly constructed Berlin Wall. But she knows too well the consequences of his actions. Now branded the wife of a defector, she faces a life in prison. With no real choice, she is forced to follow, praying she can find a way to claim their child once she's in West Berlin. &lt;P&gt;Trudy survives a harrowing break for freedom...only to learn her husband was shot during his escape. Terribly alone, she wanders the wall like a ghost, living for brief glimpses of her son, now out of reach behind barbed wire and armed soldiers. Desperate to regain her child, Trudy begins a journey that leads her to America, where she continues an odyssey of hope to find her son.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">3</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Trudy's Promise</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Marcia Preston]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 11 09:14:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is set just after the Berlin Wall went up.  It is about a woman who ends up separated from her little boy by the wall.  It is a very touching story that deals with freedom and the love of a mother.  I think I was particularly moved by the story because I have a little boy myself, and cann...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23470891">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[readers of historical fiction, lovers of all things German, mothers ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jun 30 07:03:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book follows Trudy, a woman who escapes communist East Germany following the death of her husband.  However, as she flees, she has to leave her only family behind: her aging mother-in-law and baby son.  The story focuses on her efforts to reunite her family and securing freedom for them all.  W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61445349">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23599334">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 03 08:39:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 20 19:25:00 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Berlin Wall hasn't been up for very long and Trudy is wondering whether her husband has made it safely across. She is stuck in East Berlin with her mother-in-law and young son. Then she receives word that she is to be interrogated as the wife of a defector and most likely thrown into prison. She...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23599334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49284188">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amber]]></name>
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 14 17:29:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 17:33:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't normally read these types of books, but after so many chic lit books in a row I welcomed this recommendation from a friend.  It was a great read, and I learned a little about history in the process.  While books like this aren't the funest to read, I don't want to ever forget what has happen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49284188">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74193085">
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 11 14:56:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 15 10:45:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I need goodreads to add half stars - this one is a 3 1/2.  My only qualm with the book is the trip to America, which seems a little disjointing, but does somewhat serve a purpose in the book.  I have read many books about WWII and Germany, but few that take place after the war.  This book with it's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74193085">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38588277">
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 24 20:22:53 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very well written story about a family in East Berlin during Stalin's reign of communism and while the Berlin wall was still standing.  I felt for the family and their hardships.  Very good read and the story flows well and keeps the reader entertained. ]]></body>
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    <review id="39689613">
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I chose this book because I like the author, not knowing the subject.  I usually don't go for this kind of story because I know it is going to be heartbreaking, but I am glad that I read it.  It made me want to know more about Berlin and the history of the wall.]]></body>
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    <review id="48198175">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this story, but hated the ended.  The author spent a long time developing characters but then it ended abruptly.  It was a compelling story from start almost to the finish...but the ending was disappointing.]]></body>
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    <review id="38749898">
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a good book, there is some language in it that I would not like my children to read but over all I really liked it.  This book is about the berlin wall and how it seperated a family and how they try to get back together.]]></body>
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    <review id="66698294">
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    <body><![CDATA[read on mexico vacation i.e. in the sun with lots of cold beer<br/><br/>incredible story.  another one that makes me count my blessings including the only thing that really matters .... kissing my loved ones good night every night.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="71107303">
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    <body><![CDATA[Three and a half stars.  This was an easy, quick read.  I liked the setting of this story.  It was interesting to read a fictional story set in a time and place that I've heard about, but never understood very well. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had read &quot;The Butterfly House&quot; by Preston and was impressed as I always am at female writers who write intriguing but decidedly female books.  Both are very good and would read anything else of hers.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading this book.  I couldn't put it down.  It gave me much to think about- freedom, country, children, etc.  It was very good.]]></body>
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    <review id="42602859">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 23 18:15:15 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOOOOOOOVED this book!  I could hardly put it down!  I love books set in history.  This book is set right after the Berlin Wall was put up.  The heroin in the story is such a strong character who has such determination and courage.  It is a wonderful story. ]]></body>
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    <review id="53738368">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One can only imagine what it was like to live behind The Wall.  It is quite another to read about trying to cross it.  Great book!]]></body>
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    <review id="48307384">
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    <body><![CDATA[Lots of nice history of the early 1960's in East Berlin. The story seemed a little contrived.....]]></body>
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    <review id="62811561">
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book.  The setting was interesting because it was during the period after WWII and set in East/West Berlin.  I don't believe I have ever read about this time and place.]]></body>
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    <review id="38398529">
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    <body><![CDATA[Could not put this down]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fabulous book! It was about the separation of a mother and son because of the Berlin Wall. I have never read a book on this topic so I learned a lot about this time period. I thought the book was well written. It took some turns I didn't expect, but I was still satisfied with what happene...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26771686">more...</a>]]></body>
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