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Frulein M. is a work of historical fiction about the end of the Weimar Republic as seen through the eyes of women--both cis- and transgender--whose lives are irrevocably changed when Hitler comes to power. Hailed as "a sheer pleasure to read" by National Book Award winner Ha Jin, this debut novel is an ideal choice for book clubs.BERLIN, 1931: Sisters raised in a Catholic orphanage, Berni and Grete Metzger are each other's whole world. That is, until life propels them to opposite sides of seedy, splendid, and violent Weimar Berlin. Berni becomes a cigarette girl, a denizen of the cabaret scene alongside her transgender best friend, who is considering a risky gender reassignment surgery. Meanwhile Grete is hired as a maid to a Nazi family, and begins to form a complicated bond with their son.
About the Author
CAROLINE WOODS holds an M.F.A. in fiction from Boston University. She is the author of The Lunar Housewife and the debut novel Fräulein M., hailed as "masterful" by Booklist. Raised in Delaware, she now lives near Chicago with her husband and two daughters.
