The Wish Child

by Catherine Chidgey

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'A wonderful new talent' Nick Hornby

Germany, 1939. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin. Erich is an only child living a lush rural life, aware that he is shadowed by strange, unanswered questions. Both children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power.

Drawn together as Germany's hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, the children find temporary refuge in an abandoned theatre amidst the rubble of Berlin. The days they spend there together will shape the rest of their lives.

Winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction

  • ISBN10 1640090983
  • ISBN13 9781640090989
  • Publish Date 2 October 2018 (first published 6 July 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Counterpoint LLC
  • Format eBook
  • Language English