Trudy's Promise

This story is set just after the Berlin Wall went up. It is about a woman who ends up separated from her little boy by the wall. It is a very touching story that deals with freedom and the love of a mother. I think I was particularly moved by the story because I have a little boy myself, and cannot imagine being separated from him.

I liked this book,flowed nicely. The only thing I thought while reading this book was maybe the author's lack of emotion in the story. The mother cries and misses her child but doesn't adequately describe deeply emotional events. Loved the historical ties and the vast differences in a city so widely divided.

Trudy's story is fiction however anyone who lived through this period will recognize that there is also truth within these pages. I cannot imagine what it would be like to live through this young woman's story. No doubt in my mind that some of this shows what it was like.

Evokes the starkness and fear of living in East Berlin in 1963, the terrors of escaping to the West, the culture shock there and in going to America. Story of young widow trying to get her toddler to freedom is believable and satisfying.

I really liked this book! Growing up a teenager in Cold War Berlin and the Wall separating some of my family members, the description of life in Berlin at that time is spot on. It brought back memories for me in a story that was well written, and at times, very hard to put down.

I liked this book more then I thought I was going to. It was very intriguing and kept me interested all the way though. It was a really fast read.

I love historical fiction and this story shows a mom who braves many obstacles and the end of a significant structure.

This is probably my favorite book, what a story of a pure love for an innocent child in a time of war, beautifully told

Good story. Progresses well. You get to know the characters, and they are written well. I would read it again. It's a page turner at times, which is nice. I wanted to see where the story went.

Author Lives in Edmond