My Own Dear Brother
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Author: Holly Muller
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Set in a rural Austrian village on the border of a concentration camp, in the latter stages of the Second World War, this is a story of Ursula - a vulnerable and courageous thirteen-year-old who is partial to thieving, disturbed by her father's death, her mother's affair with a married man, and the increasingly cruel behaviour of her adored older brother Anton who joins Hitler Youth and applies the movement's ideology to his family and neighbours. As Anton becomes more and more sullen and violent, Ursula befriends the dim-witted boy next door, Schosi, whose disabilities make him susceptible to the attention of the watchful villagers. Soon Ursula must decide where her allegiances lie, and what exactly these binding family ties are keeping her from discovering. My Own Dear Brother is a gripping and beautifully-written novel that shows a world of conflict in a microcosm, often from the point of view of the vulnerable and those far from the front line. Holly Muller captures the disintegration of a village and human capacity for cruelty in breath-taking detail.
Author: Holly Muller
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Set in a rural Austrian village on the border of a concentration camp, in the latter stages of the Second World War, this is a story of Ursula - a vulnerable and courageous thirteen-year-old who is partial to thieving, disturbed by her father's death, her mother's affair with a married man, and the increasingly cruel behaviour of her adored older brother Anton who joins Hitler Youth and applies the movement's ideology to his family and neighbours. As Anton becomes more and more sullen and violent, Ursula befriends the dim-witted boy next door, Schosi, whose disabilities make him susceptible to the attention of the watchful villagers. Soon Ursula must decide where her allegiances lie, and what exactly these binding family ties are keeping her from discovering. My Own Dear Brother is a gripping and beautifully-written novel that shows a world of conflict in a microcosm, often from the point of view of the vulnerable and those far from the front line. Holly Muller captures the disintegration of a village and human capacity for cruelty in breath-taking detail.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Holly Muller
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Set in a rural Austrian village on the border of a concentration camp, in the latter stages of the Second World War, this is a story of Ursula - a vulnerable and courageous thirteen-year-old who is partial to thieving, disturbed by her father's death, her mother's affair with a married man, and the increasingly cruel behaviour of her adored older brother Anton who joins Hitler Youth and applies the movement's ideology to his family and neighbours. As Anton becomes more and more sullen and violent, Ursula befriends the dim-witted boy next door, Schosi, whose disabilities make him susceptible to the attention of the watchful villagers. Soon Ursula must decide where her allegiances lie, and what exactly these binding family ties are keeping her from discovering. My Own Dear Brother is a gripping and beautifully-written novel that shows a world of conflict in a microcosm, often from the point of view of the vulnerable and those far from the front line. Holly Muller captures the disintegration of a village and human capacity for cruelty in breath-taking detail.
Author: Holly Muller
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Set in a rural Austrian village on the border of a concentration camp, in the latter stages of the Second World War, this is a story of Ursula - a vulnerable and courageous thirteen-year-old who is partial to thieving, disturbed by her father's death, her mother's affair with a married man, and the increasingly cruel behaviour of her adored older brother Anton who joins Hitler Youth and applies the movement's ideology to his family and neighbours. As Anton becomes more and more sullen and violent, Ursula befriends the dim-witted boy next door, Schosi, whose disabilities make him susceptible to the attention of the watchful villagers. Soon Ursula must decide where her allegiances lie, and what exactly these binding family ties are keeping her from discovering. My Own Dear Brother is a gripping and beautifully-written novel that shows a world of conflict in a microcosm, often from the point of view of the vulnerable and those far from the front line. Holly Muller captures the disintegration of a village and human capacity for cruelty in breath-taking detail.
My Own Dear Brother