He waited half his life for a homecoming, only to discover his home no longer existed... But perhaps he can create a new one.

In 1956, more than a decade after the end of World War II, Hans Becker is finally released from a Soviet POW camp and returns to Germany. The reunion is disheartening -- his beloved Dresden is largely blackened rubble, and his feelings of disorientation and melancholy hinder his attempt to revive the life -- and love -- he left behind.

Elise, the once delicate teenager whose memory Hans carried in his heart, has, through unspeakable trauma, transformed into a strong, independent woman skeptical of love. Yet just as she and Hans can spot traces of splendor in the ruins and oppression of Iron Curtain-era Dresden, so they each can see flashes of what attracted them to their long-ago sweetheart. But they -- and their world -- have changed so much. Are they willing to risk everything to seek a new beginning?

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• Literature & FictionHistorical Fiction20th CenturyWorld War II
• Literature & FictionWorld LiteratureGerman
• Literature & FictionHistorical FictionGerman

• Publication Date: May 20, 2025
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• Print Length: 349 Pages
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