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Grenzgänger

byMechtild Borrmann

Genres: Fiction Life-Rediscovery Journeys Everyday Heroism

Who is this book for? Readers interested in historical fiction and stories about social justice.

Topics JusticeSurvivalFamilyIdentity

MoodMelancholic, Reflective

Female protagonist

ViolenceModerate

Grenzgänger - ein ergreifender Roman über ein düsteres Kapitel deutscher Geschichte, meisterhaft erzählt von Spiegel-Bestseller-Autorin Mechtild Borrmann. Die 50er und 60er Jahre in Deutschland: In einem kleinen Dorf an der deutsch-belgischen Grenze verdienen sich viele Familien, so auch die Schönings, mit dem Schmuggel von Kaffee etwas dazu. Die 17-jährige Henni führt die Schmuggler, hauptsächlich Kinder, durch das tückische Moor-Gebiet des Hohen Venns. Doch eines Nachts geschieht das Unfassbare: Hennis Schwester wird erschossen. Ein Schicksal, das exemplarisch für viele steht: Henni wird daraufhin wegen Kaffee-Schmuggels in eine Besserungsanstalt gesteckt, ihre jüngeren Geschwister kommen als Heimkinder in ein kirchlich geführtes Heim, wo der kleine Matthias an einer Lungenentzündung verstirbt. Doch das ist nur ein Teil der Wahrheit. Mechtild Borrmann gelingt es meisterhaft, ein düsteres Stück Zeitgeschichte lebendig werden zu lassen Mechtild Borrmann, Autorin der Spiegel-Bestseller Grenzgänger und Trümmerkind , erzählt mit soghaft-präziser Sprache die Geschichte einer lebenshungrigen Frau, die an Gerechtigkeit glaubt und daran verzweifelt. Ein packender wie aufwühlender Roman, eingebettet in ein düsteres Stück Zeitgeschichte, der das Schicksal der Heimkinder in den 50er und 60er Jahren beleuchtet. »Als beeindruckende Chronistin durchdringt Mechtild Borrmann vielstimmig die Schattenwelten der deutschen Zeitgeschichte. 'Grenzgänger' handelt von der Suche nach Wahrheit und Wahrhaftigkeit in einer Zeit der kleinen und großen Lügen - ein starker Roman!« Hamburger Morgenpost

Language

Published on

01/12/2019

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9783426306086

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