Floating in My Mother's Palm

Synopsis of Floating in My Mother's Palm

«Floating in My Mother's Palm» is the literary and historical novel by Ursula Hegi, published by Scribner in paperback (187 pages, in English).

Hanna Malter grows up in 1950s Burgdorf, a German town marked by war and its silences. Her mother, who swims during storms; the illegitimate son of an American soldier; and Trudi Montag, the dwarf librarian, populate her world. A story about identity, memory, and overcoming the past.

Second installment of the Burgdorf Cycle, Ursula Hegi's series of novels set in the same German town, and winner of the Washington State Book Award in 1991.

For readers of literary and historical fiction, interested in coming-of-age stories set in postwar Germany.