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The Approaching Thunder: The Literature of Liberation

To mark the anniversary of the liberation of Holland, author David R. Gillham will discuss his novel City of Women, a seamless blend of history and fiction which takes readers to war-torn Berlin at the height of the Nazi occupation. Sigrid Schröder works as a stenographer and lives with her mother-in-law in a Berlin flat. Outwardly, she leads an ordinary life, coping with the wartime drudgeries and the return of the bombers to her city. But she is trapped in a loveless marriage and secretly rebels when she agrees to help a young woman on her “duty year” who is trying to protect Jewish “U-Boats” in hiding from the Gestapo. In this page-turning novel, David Gillham explores what happens to ordinary people thrust into extraordinary times, and how the choices they make can be the difference between life and death.











When: Tue., May. 5, 2015 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect
44 Park Pl.
212-431-7993
Price: $8 adults, $5 students and seniors
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To mark the anniversary of the liberation of Holland, author David R. Gillham will discuss his novel City of Women, a seamless blend of history and fiction which takes readers to war-torn Berlin at the height of the Nazi occupation. Sigrid Schröder works as a stenographer and lives with her mother-in-law in a Berlin flat. Outwardly, she leads an ordinary life, coping with the wartime drudgeries and the return of the bombers to her city. But she is trapped in a loveless marriage and secretly rebels when she agrees to help a young woman on her “duty year” who is trying to protect Jewish “U-Boats” in hiding from the Gestapo. In this page-turning novel, David Gillham explores what happens to ordinary people thrust into extraordinary times, and how the choices they make can be the difference between life and death.

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