Publisher's Synopsis
It is the summer of 1967 and the Bishop family are departing their UK home for a continental road trip. Their destination: Berlin, a gritty city recovering from the bombs of World War Two and now sliced in half by the Cold War. Will the journey unite the Anglo-German family, or forever rip them apart? This is a coming-of-age story of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation, and the discovery of how something divided can be more revealing than a perfect whole. It is a quest for a family who build walls in their minds as they try to discover who they are and where they belong. Tying Down The Lion touches on war and survival, bigotry and the holocaust, and family secrets and forgiveness. It will appeal to readers of all ages.
