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Should I be ashamed if, every now and again, instinct, my instinct as a daughter, gets the better of morality, of history, of justice and humanity?
The failed story of a mother and a daughter. A non-story.
No, I don't hate her. It's just that I don't love her.
This is confusing. It's heavy and depressing on so many levels.
Abandonment, forgiveness, war and evil...
Helga Schneider's mother leaves her in 1941 to follow her beliefs in the Third Reich. They next meet in 1971 and then again in 1998, the ...more
The failed story of a mother and a daughter. A non-story.
No, I don't hate her. It's just that I don't love her.
This is confusing. It's heavy and depressing on so many levels.
Abandonment, forgiveness, war and evil...
Helga Schneider's mother leaves her in 1941 to follow her beliefs in the Third Reich. They next meet in 1971 and then again in 1998, the ...more
Short book, but powerful.
Sep 05, 2009
Janna
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Vesra (When She Reads)
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Chantal
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