And the Pear Tree at the Heart of It All
When knowing is not enough – a novel about silence, complicity and hope
Decades after she left, Dora returns to her hometown. For hours, she walks through strange yet familiar streets to her parents’ house but also passes the half-timbered house where her best friend Fanny used to live. Dora is flabbergasted when she discovers the memorial stones outside of her friend’s house. There are only four stones, but Dora knows for sure that there should be five. One is missing, the one commemorating Fanny. What happened to her back then?
In this captivating novel, Ute Mank tells the story of a village living through dark times, of two girls separated by war and of a fortuitous rescue.
- An emotional, brilliantly researched and engrossing narrative – sparkling and moving
- As profound as Daniela Krien and as atmospheric as Dörte Hansen
Ute Mank
Ute Mank was born in Marburg. She is the mother of two adult daughters, and has a PhD in Educational Science. Her first novel ‘Wildtriebe’, published in 2021, was nominated for the Klaus Michael Kühne Prize. She lives in Hesse with her family.
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