Set in Berlin, Germany, in 1961, Blue Heaven's Tent tells the story of Klaus Franke, whose life is changed forever when he wakes one morning to find himself separated from his family by barbed wire. Now trapped in Communist East Germany, Klaus grows increasingly desperate to escape as the barbed wire develops into the infamous Berlin Wall. Meanwhile, his wife, Gerda, is stuck in West Berlin raising their two children as a single parent. When Klaus is thrown into political prison, Gerda waits to hear-but fears to learn-of her husband's fate.
Heaven's blue tent is an evocative tail of the turmoil caused by the turbulence of war and it's aftermath. This emotional saga follows the trials and tribulations of an extended family during the partioning of Berlin, it would be a very good read for someone who wants to know about the beginning of the Cold war but doesn't want to read about all of the politics in great detail
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