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Starred Review on July 1, 2014 | Fiction
"My hand…. May I have it back?" In wartime Berlin, Katharina Spinell has just shaken hands with her new husband, Peter Faber. Their marriage of convenience (they've never met before) was arranged so that he could have a respite from the Soviet front and for her to get a widow's pension if he dies in war. Fortuitously, each finds the other attractive, and within nine months the new bride gives birth to a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More