Summary
Sarah Freethy: Traces of Porcelain
Love at the Crossroads of History. A secret waiting to be discovered.
Berlin, 1929. Max, a young Jewish architect, and Bettina, an enchanting avant-garde artist, meet under the glitter of the metropolis. Their love story begins brightly, but the shadow of Nazism quickly looms over them. When Max is taken to Dachau, only his skill in making perfect porcelain figures saves him from death. Bettina is ready to do anything to save him, even sacrifice herself. But can one moment of love outlive an entire century?
America, 1993. Bettina's daughter Clara decides to investigate the family's past, determined to find out who her father was - a man about whom her mother has persistently kept silent. In search of the truth, Clara faces terrible secrets hidden for decades in a world where loyalty and betrayal, love and death stood side by side, and survival meant knowing who to trust. The deeper he goes into his mother's story, the more he realizes that her silence was her last desperate attempt to protect her daughter from her tragic past.
Traces of Porcelain is a moving and magnificent saga of forbidden love, unwavering courage and secrets that shape entire lives.
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