The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany by Thomas Harding

The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany

Thomas Harding

464 pages first pub 2015 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who appreciate deeply researched, multi-generational narratives that weave personal and historical threads into a compelling exploration of place and memory.

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In the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding travelled to Germany with his grandmother to visit a small house by a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. It had been her ‘soul place’ as a child, she said – a holiday home for her and her family, but much more –...

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