This House Is Mine

Long-listed for the 2018 International DUBLIN Literary Award

All her life Vera has felt like a stranger in the old and drafty half-timbered farmhouse she arrived at as a five-year-old refugee from East Prussia in 1945, and yet she can't seem to let it go. Sixty years later, her niece Anne suddenly shows up at her door with her small son. Anne has fled the trendy Hamburg, Germany neighborhood she never fit into after her relationship imploded. Vera and Anne are strangers to each other but have much more in common than they think. As the two strong-willed and very different women share the great old house, they find what they have never thought to search for: a family.

Told in skillfully crafted alternating points of view and a nonlinear storyline, Dörte Hansen's internationally bestselling debut novel This House is Mine showcases her impressive talent for characterization and dialogue in an exceptional book that combines emotional depth and humor. The author's sparse language and sometimes oblique references make for a deeply immersive reading experience, and the characters will resonate long after the last page has been turned.

Author: Dörte Hansen
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 11/15/2016
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781250100856

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2016
Booklist 10/01/2016 pg. 26
Publishers Weekly 09/19/2016
Library Journal 11/01/2016 pg. 74
Shelf Awareness 12/02/2016

About the Author
DÖRTE HANSEN was born in Husum in northern Germany. She studied languages and completed a Ph.D. in linguistics. She then turned to journalism, spent several years working as a radio editor, and is now an author for radio and print. This House Is Mine is her first novel.

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