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"BERLIN, 1931: Sisters raised in a Catholic orphanage, Berni and Grete Metzger are each other's whole world. That is, until life propels them to opposite sides of seedy, splendid, and violent Weimar Berlin. Berni becomes a cigarette girl, a denizen of the cabaret scene alongside her transgender best friend, who is considering a risky gender reassignment surgery. Meanwhile Grete is hired as a maid to a Nazi family, and begins to form a complicated bond with their son. As Germany barrels toward the Third Reich and ruin, one of the sisters must make a devastating choice. SOUTH CAROLINA, 1970:…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2017Adams Media Corporation · 9781507200230
- Other · English · 2017302 pages · 9781507200223
SistersMothers and daughtersFictionChoice (Psychology)Family secretsFiction, mystery & detective, historicalSisters, fictionMothers and daughters, fiction
