by KatrinFitzherbert (Author)
TRUE TO BOTH MY SELVES is an extraordinary account of a childhood disjointed by country and by war. Curiously mirroring her English grandmother, who married a German hairdresser in London and was then expelled to Germany following the First World War, Katrin Fitzherbert was born in Germany in 1936 and lived under Hitler's regime until, at the age of eleven, she was suddenly 'repatriated' to an England she had never known. There she had to forget her German father and the German language. This is the story of three generations of remarkable women, and their struggle for survival and integrity as individuals in times divided by war.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 338
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Virago
Published: 29 Oct 1998
ISBN 10: 1860495877
ISBN 13: 9781860495878
Book Overview: * Review round-ups * Author participation at the Cheltenham/ Dartington Literary festivals
Prizes: Winner of Joe Ackerley Prize 1998 and J.R. Ackerley Prize 1998.