{"title":"Ursula Hegi","description":"Ursula Hegi is the author of several books including Sacred Time, The Vision of Emma Blau, and Tearing the Silence. She teaches writing at Stonybrook's Southhampton Campus and she is the recipient of more than thirty grants and awards.","products":[{"product_id":"floating-in-my-mothers-palm-paperback","title":"Floating in My Mother's Palm - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFloating in My Mother's Palm is the compelling and mystical story of Hanna Malter, a young girl growing up in 1950's Burgdorf, the small German town Ursula Hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel Stones from the River. Hanna's courageous voice evokes her unconventional mother, who swims during thunderstorms; the illegitimate son of an American GI, who learns from Hanna about his father; and the librarian, Trudi Montag, who lets Hanna see her hometown from a dwarf's extraordinary point of view. 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Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share--from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he's a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar. Ursula Hegi brings us a daring, dramatic, and complex novel of life in Germany through an unspeakable time, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370112712927,"sku":"9780684844770","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SE7VSgOWcP9780684844770.webp?v=1789150389"},{"product_id":"the-patron-saint-of-pregnant-girls-paperback","title":"The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A joy to read.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eWater for Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Light Between Oceans\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus arrives on Nordstrand in Germany, to the delight of the island's people. But after the show, a Hundred-Year Wave roars from the Nordsee and claims three young children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree mothers are on the beach when it happens: Lotte, whose children are lost; Sabine, a Zirkus seamstress with her grown daughter; and Tilli, just a girl herself, who will give birth later that day at St. Margaret's Home for Pregnant Girls. After the tragedy, Lotte's husband escapes with the Zirkus, while she loses the will to care for their surviving son. Tilli steps in, bonding with him in a way she isn't allowed to with her own baby, taken away at birth. Sabine, struggling to keep her childlike daughter safe in the world, forms a complicated friendship with Lotte. But the mothers' fragile trio is threatened when Lotte and her husband hatch a dangerous plan to reunite their family, and Tilli and Sabine must try to find a way to pull them back to reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs full of joy and beauty as it is of pain, and told with the luminous power that has made Ursula Hegi a beloved bestselling author for decades, \u003ci\u003eThe Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is a shining testament to the ways in which women hold each other up in the most unexpected of circumstances.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374086848735,"sku":"9781250156839","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/tPfMRdIHru9781250156839.webp?v=1789171882"},{"product_id":"stones-from-the-river-paperback-1","title":"Stones From The River - Paperback","description":"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51375432728799,"sku":"9780684858098","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/p6qS6Y0WvA9780684858098.webp?v=1789200297"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ursula-hegi.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}