Nice mix of personal narrative and history, and the visuals were wonderful.
It's about the authors investigation to uncover her family's role during Nazi rule, to hopefully absolve her sense of inherited guilt and to discover her "heimat" - a German word used to describe where you come from.
The author presents the story through a mix of handwritten letters, old pictures, and drawings, weaved together into
a very creative scrapbook style.
Something I really enjoyed were the cultural and historical sections that started each chapter. I was able to learn something new that was separate from the narrative, yet still keep my mind in the story world.
One of those parts I found interesting was on how important bread is to Germans...so much as to file their recipes for recognition by UNESCO! I had no idea.
Not to say that was the best part. The story itself was very good.
Nice mix of personal narrative and history, and the visuals were wonderful.
It's about the authors investigation to uncover her family's role during Nazi rule, to hopefully absolve her sense of inherited guilt and to discover her "heimat" - a German word used to describe where you come from.
The author presents the story through a mix of handwritten letters, old pictures, and drawings, weaved together into a very creative scrapbook style.
Something I really enjoyed were the cultural and historical sections that started each chapter. I was able to learn something new that was separate from the narrative, yet still keep my mind in the story world.
One of those parts I found interesting was on how important bread is to Germans...so much as to file their recipes for recognition by UNESCO! I had no idea.
Not to say that was the best part. The story itself was very good.