Publisher's Synopsis
From the acclaimed author of Floating in My Mothers Palm and Children and Fire, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary timesepic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision (Los Angeles Times).Trudi Montag is a Zwerga dwarfshort, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans sharefrom her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend hes a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar. Ursula Hegi brings us a timeless and unforgettable story in Trudi and a small town, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.
