The Blind Side of the Heart
Author: Franck, Julia
ISBN: 9780099524236
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Sep 2010
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
An international bestseller, great family novel, a powerful portrayal of an era, and the story of a fascinating woman.
Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945 Helene has brought her seven-year-old son. Having survived with him through the horrors and deprivations of the war years, she abandons him on the station platform and never returns.
This is a tale of hope, loneliness and love, and of a life lived in terrible times. It is a great family novel, a powerful portrayal of an era, and the story of a fascinating woman.
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010.
ISBN: 9780099524236
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Sep 2010
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
An international bestseller, great family novel, a powerful portrayal of an era, and the story of a fascinating woman.
Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945 Helene has brought her seven-year-old son. Having survived with him through the horrors and deprivations of the war years, she abandons him on the station platform and never returns.
This is a tale of hope, loneliness and love, and of a life lived in terrible times. It is a great family novel, a powerful portrayal of an era, and the story of a fascinating woman.
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010.
