Kate’s 2¢: “Forty autumns: a family’s story of courage and survival on both sides of the Berlin Wall” by Nina Willner

“Forty autumns: a family’s story of courage and survival on both sides of the Berlin Wall” by Nina Willner

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I enjoyed this book very much. Cassandra Campbell did a great job of reading this powerful story.

   I grew up during the Cold War, but, I must have been rather sheltered by my parents. I wasn’t aware of many of the hardships the East Germans were experiencing. I, like the author, seemed to exist on a parallel plane, until, as a young adult, the facts became more widly known.  She had the advantage of experiencing the truth as she infiltrated East Germany for her military job.

From the WEB:

Nina Willner is an American nonfiction author, a former intelligence officer and human rights activist. Her first book Forty Autumns A Family’s Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall (HarperCollins William Morrow, 2016,

ISBN 0062410318) is the true story of Willner’s mother’s escape from communist East Germany at age 20, the large family she left behind the Iron Curtain, and their four-decade journey to reunite. During the Cold War, Willner, then a 22-year-old U.S. Army intelligence officer, was sent into the heart of Soviet-controlled East Berlin to lead secret spy missions. Willner uses her personal story to tell the broader story of the Cold War and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.

   Nina Willner is a popular American Activist. Born on 1 March 1961 in United States of America

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Forty autumns: a family’s story of courage and survival on both sides of the Berlin Wall DB101454

Willner, Nina Reading time: 10 hours, 7 minutes.

Cassandra Campbell

Biography

A former American military intelligence officer recounts her experiences with her family’s division by the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. She details her own escape from East to West Germany and subsequent move to America, as well as her daughter’s intelligence work in Berlin mere miles from their German relatives. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2016.

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