Hold My Hand Tighter, No. 104
Historical Novels, Commercial Fiction
There’s no path that doesn’t lead home sooner or later
Amid the turmoil of the end of the Second World War, a young boy is found in the middle of Germany. He doesn’t seem to remember where he came from or anything else about himself, so he is given the name Hartmut, and an estimated age, and grows up in a Catholic children’s home ruled by strict order and punishments.
During his time in the children’s home, he meets a slightly older girl named Margret, a war orphan, who does her best to protect him. The two become a lifeline for each other, and decide to never let each other go. Wise, sensitive and touching, Susanne Abel tells the story of a lifelong love between two children trying with all their might to forget their traumatic past.
- The long-awaited, highly emotional new novel by No. 1-bestselling author Susanne Abel
- Acclaimed by the press and loved by readers: ‘Stay away from Gretchen’ was on the SPIEGEL bestseller list for 195 weeks
- »Susanne Abel spins entertaining, humorous novels out of the adversity into which we are all born, and powerless to alter. I take my hat off to her!« Stern
Susanne Abel worked as an educator before her time as a student of film studies led to directing numerous documentaries for German television. Since 2017, she has devoted her time entirely to writing. Her acclaimed debut novel ‘Stay away from Gretchen’ stormed to the top of the SPIEGEL bestseller list and was a sensational success, as was its successor ‘What I Never Said’. Susanne Abel lives mostly in Cologne.
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There’s no path that doesn’t lead home sooner or later
Amid the turmoil of the end of the Second World War, a young boy is found in the middle of Germany. He doesn’t seem to remember where he came from or anything else about himself, so he is given the name Hartmut, and an estimated age, and grows up in a Catholic children’s home ruled by strict order and punishments.
During his time in the children’s home, he meets a slightly older girl named Margret, a war orphan, who does her best to protect him. The two become a lifeline for each other, and decide to never let each other go. Wise, sensitive and touching, Susanne Abel tells the story of a lifelong love between two children trying with all their might to forget their traumatic past.
- The long-awaited, highly emotional new novel by No. 1-bestselling author Susanne Abel
- Acclaimed by the press and loved by readers: ‘Stay away from Gretchen’ was on the SPIEGEL bestseller list for 195 weeks
- »Susanne Abel spins entertaining, humorous novels out of the adversity into which we are all born, and powerless to alter. I take my hat off to her!« Stern