From the acclaimed author of "Floating in My Mother s Palm" and "Children and Fire," a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision ("Los Angeles Times").
Trudi Montag is a "Zwerg" a dwarf short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he s a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar.
Ursula Hegi brings us a timeless and unforgettable story in Trudi and a small town, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth."