A review by scoughlan
The Girl Behind the Wall by Mandy Robotham

4.0

I was motivated to read this book after spending a weekend in Berlin. Seeing remnants of the wall and reading stories of the atrocities that took place behind it was one thing, but I wanted to feel what it was like to live in a city where walls sprouted up, overnight, around me, separating me from people and places I had known all my life. I grew up taking freedom for granted, not knowing the ravages of war and oppression. This book took me back to 1961 Berlin to give me a glimpse into what life was like during both.