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A riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine their ultimate fate
A city divided A family fractured Two brothers caught between past and present
Berlin 1961 Rudi MserFleischmann is an aspiring photographer with dreams of greatness but he cant hold a candle to his talented charismatic twin brother Peter an ambitious actor With the sudden divorce of their parents the brothers find themselves living in different sectors of a divided Berlin the postwar partition strangely mirroring their broken family But one night as the city sleeps the Berlin Wall is hurriedly built dividing society further and Rudi and Peter are forced to choose between playing by the rules and taking their dreams underground That is until the truth about their family history and the growing cracks in their relationship threaten to split them apart for good
From National Book Awardnominated critically acclaimed authorillustrator Vesper Stamper comes a stark look at how resentment and denial can strain the bonds of brotherhood to the breaking point
Includes a downloadable PDF of a Glossary and Resources from the book
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