The GOING OVER excerpt: a first look at the inside pages

Chronicle Books has made Going Over, the Berlin novel due out on April 1, a priority—and I feel that every day. In their enthusiasm, in their ideas, in their innovations, in their just plain them-ness, they are united; they are engaged. "Reach out anytime," Sally Kim, who leads the marketing effort, said to me last evening, during a call she most certainly did not have to make. I appreciate these things, wholly.

I'll be sharing more about Berlin and the wall and the heartache and the possibilities as the launch countdown begins in earnest. Today I share a Going Over excerpt—a link made possible by the Chronicle team. This is the book. This is how my two characters—Ada and Stefan—speak of their separate worlds. This is Berlin, 1983.