Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. The parables follow hanna malter who comes of age in germany after world war ii. Ursula hegi lived the first eighteen years of her life in germany. Floating in my mothers palm burgdorf cycle book 2 kindle. Books by ursula hegi authors like ursula hegi what should. Buy the paperback book floating in my mother s palm by ursula hegi at indigo. The compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in 1950s burgdorf, the small german town ursula hegi so brilliantly brought to. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Alice mcdermott a graceful, lyrical, heartbreaking book that offers many pleasures, not the least of which is the opportunity to read a very talented author writing at. About the book floating in my mothers palm is the compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in 1950s burgdorf, the small german town ursula hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel stones from the river. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi alibris.
Ursula hegi from an award winning author comes a deeply personal and powerful account of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in a small town in germany in the 1950s. Description of the book floating in my mothers palm. Hanna malter, a young girl in a postww ii german town, obliquely exposes the secret lives of her family and acquaintances. Floating in my mothers palm book the seattle public. Floating in my mothers palm is a 1990 novel by ursula hegi. Picked by oprah winfrey as a selection for oprah s highly successful book club, the prequel to hegi s highlypraised floating in my mother s palm traces the path of average germans during the turbulent wartime years from 1915 to 1952. Floating in my mothers palm burgdorf cycle book 2 ebook. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi librarything. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi blogger. Floating in my mother s palm is the compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in 1950 s burgdorf, the small german town ursula hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel stones from the river. Hannas courageous voice evokes her unconventional mother. This novel is a collection of parables that tell the story of life in one small german town. Hannas courageous voice evokes her unconventional mother, who swims during thunderstorms.
Floating in my mothers palm book by ursula hegi official. In each chapter, she tells about a family member, friend, or neighbor while revealing pieces of herself. Floating in my mother s palm is the compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in 1950s burgdorf, the small german town ursula hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel stones from the river. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi floating in my mothers palm is the compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in. Floating in my mother s palm by ursula hegi 19980703 on. Books by ursula hegi authors like ursula hegi what. Floating in my mothers palm isnt unified enough to be a novel. Buy floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi online at alibris. She teaches in the stony brook mfa program and lives with her family on long island. The healing powers of affirmation prevail against the haunting ghosts of history as hanna malter, growing up in postwar germany, becomes, through luminous vignettes, initiated into the silence and secrets of her countrys past. Narrator hanna malter leads off with the story of her birthwhen her beautiful, reckless mother, driven by rage at doomsaying, willed her to be born alive.
Ursula hegi books list of books by author ursula hegi. From an award winning author comes a deeply personal and powerful account of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in a small town in germany in the 1950s. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi. In her quirky yet poignant novels, the germanborn hegi displays this genius time and again. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi bookshop. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading floating in my mothers palm burgdorf cycle book 2. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi diary of an. Fiction pacific northwest authors, american germany city and town life children.
Floating in my mothers palm, stones from the river, the vision of emma blau. While her first two books, intrusions, and unlearned pleasures and other stories, were set in the u. Floating in my mothers palm is the compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in 1950s burgdorf, the small german town ursula hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel stones from the river. Floating in my mothers palm ebook by ursula hegi official. She teaches writing at stonybrooks southhampton campus and she is the recipient of more than thirty grants and awards. Buy the paperback book floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi at indigo. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi bookshop apocalypse. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi reading guide. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Floating in my mothers palm burgdorf cycle book 2 kindle edition by hegi, ursula. The only thing i wish hegi would have included was more details about hanna as an adult. The compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in 1950 s burgdorf, the small german town ursula hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel stones from.
Floating in my mothers palm book pima county public. She is currently an instructor in the mfa program at stony brook southampton she was born ursula koch in 1946 in dusseldorf, germany, a city that was heavily bombed during world war ii. My own acute discomfort at being german is very much at the core of my writing. The story centers on a young girl, hannah malter, growing up in postwar germany and her family. Mary macky of the san francisco chronicle once observed that ursula hegi has a real genius for the material of personal existence, for the world seen close up. Floating in my mother s palm by ursula hegi and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. She teaches writing at stonybrook s southhampton campus and she is the recipient of more than thirty grants and awards. Floating in my mother s palm by ursula hegi 19980703. Some of the interrelated stories lack tension, suspense. See all books authored by ursula hegi, including stones from the river, and sacred time. Floating in my mothers palm, book by ursula hegi paperback. In ursula hegis stunning new novel, floating in my mothers palm, the. Ursula hegi is the author of over a dozen books, including stones from the river, children and fire, floating in my mothers palm, and tearing the silence, and has received more than thirty grants and awards. The stories are all written in the voice of a young woman who is looking back on her childhood and the people who impacted her life.
Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi this book is a series of short stories told by hannah malter looking back at her life in postwar germany in the small town of bergdorf. Floating in my mothers palm is a novel by ursula hegi. If ursula hegis floating in my mothers palm doesnt read like a novel, its because it is a collection of loosely but seamlessly connected short stories which offer the reader a delectable taste of provincial life in postwar germany. Buy floating in my mother s palm by ursula hegi online at alibris. Ursula hegi born may 23, 1946 is a germanborn american writer. Floating in my mothers palm burgdorf cycle book 2 by ursula hegi floating in my mothers palm burgdorf cycle book 2 by ursula hegi floating in my mothers palm is the compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in 1950s burgdorf, the small german town ursula hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling. The author of intrusions 1981, a gimmicky but amiable housewifes odyssey, offers village portraits of gossipembedded residents of a remote german town in the 1950sas viewed and reported by a boisterous, loved, and loving young girl. Floating in my mother s palm burgdorf cycle book 2 ebook. Floating in my mother s palm burgdorf cycle book 2 by ursula hegi floating in my mother s palm burgdorf cycle book 2 by ursula hegi floating in my mother s palm is the compelling and mystical story of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in 1950 s burgdorf, the small german town ursula hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling. Floating in my mother s palm is a novel by ursula hegi. A moving account of hanna malter, a young girl growing up in a small town in germany in the 1950s, a time when adolf hitler isnt mentioned in history classesor by anyone in town. Trade paperback 1991 vintage contemporaries book is excellent. If ursula hegi s floating in my mother s palm doesnt read like a novel, it s because it is a collection of loosely but seamlessly connected short stories which offer the reader a delectable taste of provincial life in postwar germany.
Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi goodreads. But to read hegi is a treat, a lesson in linguistic elegance and. In addition to stones from the river, she is the author of the vision of emma blau, floating in my mothers palm, intrusions and unearned pleasures and other stories. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi 19980703. Floating in my mothers palm is the compelling and my. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Now an awardwinning novelist, hegi is best known for her book stones from the river. Floating in my mothers palm by ursula hegi overdrive. She set her third, floating in my mothers palm, in the fictional german town of burgdorf, using her writing to explore her conflicted feelings about her german heritage.