Two Brothers

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I'd give this book 10 stars if I could! What an amazing, amazing story. And the tension! I spent half the book wondering who Stone was (Otto or Paulus) and when I finally found out I spent the other half of the book wondering what had happened to the other! My heart bled for Frieda, so courageous and kind, and even more so for Wolfgang, ironically, because the more pitiful he became the more I remembered how he lived before - so carefree and full of life. Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann…kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.” The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Utterly gripping from the start, this story of two boys born on the same day in pre war Berlin, is a tour de force. Obsession with attractiveness and Dagmar: Easily my biggest issue with this novel is it's constant repetitiveness, Elton obviously holds attractiveness in high regard because I read about it in every other chapter. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against characters being attractive, but every (and I'm not over-exaggerating on this one) main character is described as being attractive and their looks are brought into pretty much every aspect of who they are as a person. Wolfgang, Frieda, Dagmar, Otto, Paulus, Silke, Bille are all seemingly highly attractive people and it's mentioned when ever Elton wants to mention their characterisation. Of course appearance is apart of who a person is but I'd wish he'd spend more time describing personality traits rather than equating a characters worth based off of their looks, for a holocaust novel I found this constant mention of appearance rather...shallow. Surely at a time like that, where innocent people were being slaughtered on the streets, the appearance of characters wouldn't need be mentioned in every chapter. The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family’s extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning science reporter for The Washington Post.” The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family by Juliet Barker

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But Ben Elton's usual problem in real life is that he doesn't know when to stop preaching (it was always the weakness of his stand-up comedy) and in this book, he tells us that the Nazis were bad. Then he tells us that they were very bad. They did bad things. And did you know that they were bad? The Lion King II: Simba's Pride: He Lives in You • We Are One • My Lullaby • Upendi • One of Us • Love Will Find a Way They saw the post-Reconstruction South, the Jim Crow laws, Harlem’s Golden Age, and the Civil Rights movement—and, in their own feisty, wise, inimitable way, they’ve got a lot to say about it.” YOUNG ADULT BOOKS ABOUT SIBLINGS Blood Red Road by Moira Young I am disappointed with Two Brothers. The premise of the story sounded really interesting from an historical point of view, and the characters seemed to have so much potential. But the reality was just plain awkward. Having never read anything by Ben Elton before I was drawn to this book by the subject. Two brothers born in 1920 to Jewish parents in Berlin, also the birth of Hitlers party.

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Away from the farm he enjoys skiing during the winter months and is something of an action man having enjoyed such activities as scuba diving and waterskiing in the past. Captivating, unputdownable, devastating and yet amusing at times, Ben Elton accurately tells a fictional story of Otto and Paulus Stengel, amidst the true, mind altering horror that was Nazi Germany.

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They shared everything, swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Meticulously researched, drawing on the 658 letters Vincent wrote to Theo during his lifetime, Deborah Heiligman weaves a tale of two lives intertwined and the love of the Van Gogh brothers.” What’s Left of Me byKat ZhangMORMON GIFT, mormon mug, mug for mormon, mormon gift idea, gift for mormon, present for mormon, mormon funny gift, mormon, mormon present Two sisters: Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister’s protector; Lucia, the vibrant, headstrong, unconventional one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When their mother dies and Lucia starts to hear voices, it’s Miranda who must fight for the help her sister needs—even as Lucia refuses to be defined by any doctor’s diagnosis.” The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson A brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and an evil secret makes his life miserable. The one bright light in Gerald’s life is his little half sister, Angel, whom he struggles to protect from her father…who abuses her, and from their mother, whose irresponsible behavior forces Gerald to work hard to keep the family together.” Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr The book flips between the brothers growing up in the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in World War I where people’s savings become worthless and many were in the depths of despair to the mid-1950s in London and the divided city of Berlin.

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As far as the facts go, the author takes the historical framework then hangs his characters' lives onto it, rather than starting with the characters and seeing how their lives are influenced by the historical events. I suppose it is one way of writing a historical novel, but it often feels forced. One example is Wolfgang's visit to Munich to see the exhibition of "degenerate Art". Without giving too much away, I very much doubt that a man in Wolfgang's physical, mental and financial state at that point would have done that. In an alternate reality where everyone is born with two souls, one soul is naturally dominant, and in early childhood, the other soul fades away. That didn’t happen for Addie and Eva. Addie does everything she can to hide the presence of her sister soul. Eva’s very existence is illegal. If their secret is revealed, it could mean death for both of them.” Children’s BOOKS ABOUT SIBLINGS Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild Jau daug knygų įveikta žydų tema, bet ši kitokia. Iš dalies paremta tikra autoriaus istorija, bet atsiduodanti džiazu, neišsemiamais meilės klodais. Paremta drąsa, įžūlumu ir atsidavimu pašaukimui ir žmogiškumui. Persmelkta vienatvės, baimės ir paniekos vokiečiamas, sugriovusiems jaunų žydų gyvenimus There’s Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who’s thirteen and an ‘official juvenile delinquent.’ When Momma and Dad decide it’s time for a visit to Grandma, the Watsons set out on a trip like no other. They’re heading South to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkest moments in America’s history.” On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change…and a great sacrifice.” Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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This is the first book in The Hardy Boys series. “A dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stored ‘in the tower.’ Both towers of the looted mansion are searched in vain. It remains for the Hardy boys to make an astonishing discovery that clears up the mystery and clears the name of a friend’s father.” The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park What of the novel? Well, I was quite engrossed but it just did not hit the mark for me. The book really does show quite how ridiculous the rationale behind the Nazi ideology was. That was the stand-out. The other part that I found fascinating is what people, in the case Jewish Berliners, would do or had to do just to survive. It was just that I did not find the characters particularly likeable, apart from the mother, and the plot was a little slow and cumbersome. I'm really not sure what I think about this book so I'm going bang splat in the middle with 3 stars. The family at the centre of the novel are wonderfully real (and having the twins being born on the same day as the Nazi party was officially formed was a genius touch). The cast of characters in the book range across the spectrum of classes in society yet everyone is drawn naturally and believably; they’re mostly people just caught up in the gale of the world, getting by as best as they can - none more so than the 4 children whose story we follow most closely. And the city too is used to reflect the changes each new era brings about: it brightens and comes to life in the boom years, then ages and darkens as Hitler’s spells wear off.The plot is perfectly structured; it gives hints of things to come, while at the same time teasing you with false trails and dead-ends. There’s nothing superfluous however, and this was that rare book that made me literally laugh out loud and cry in public (especially embarrassing as I’m a postie, and was listening to this on audiobook …). Linno and Anju are sisters who both “dream of coming to the United States, but it is Anju who wins a scholarship to a prestigious school in New York. She seizes it, even though it means lying and betraying her sister.” Atonement By Ian McEwan