Meike Ziervogel
Unloved sons turn their aggression on the outside world. Unloved daughters destroy the people they love and then themselves.,Berlin at the beginning of the 20th century: When the maidservant Martha gives birth to her illegitimate daughter Magda, she feels burdened with a child she didn't want. The girl grows up to become an ambitious woman, desperate for love and recognition. The Nazi propaganda minister, Josef Goebbels, appears to answer her need and together they have six children. By the end of the war, Magda Goebbels is a physically and emotionally sick woman. When she takes her six children into the Fuhrer bunker, her eldest daughter, 14-year-old Helga, senses foreboding.
Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Cultural,Germany,Historical,Novels,Literary Fiction,War,World War II,European Literature,German Literature,Adult,War
Magda