![]() ![]() Elizabeth's father was a German soldier serving on the Eastern Front, fighting the Russians, while her mother worked at the zoo in Dresden. ![]() Lizzie who was known as Elizabeth then, her mother whom they called Mutti and her younger brother Karli, lived in Dresden. The wind in the trees, it makes me remember."Īt this point they encourage Lizzie to recount the events some 65 years earlier. When Karl's mom asks Lizzie if the date has any special meaning for her, Lizzie tells her that it was the day her life changed forever "On February the thirteenth I am always sad. At first Karl's mom is skeptical but on February 13, they find the old woman very upset in her room. ![]() The nurse's son, Karl, has developed a friendship with the elderly Lizzie and she frequently tells him about how when she was a girl, she came to have "an elephant in the garden". ![]() Tell It To The Trees by Anita Rau Badamiīy far, it was The Three Musketeers, which despite the very original twist, I did enjoy. I managed to squeak in a few adult fiction novels but there are still many left untouched this year (again).Ĥ. These books I anticipated reading but ultimately were very disappointing for one reason or another.ġ. I haven't put them in any specific order but definitely Delirium is up there along with a 2010 book, Matched (which my library system didn't receive until 2011) as probably my overall favourites.ġ2. I've read many books this year, some have been fantastic, enjoyable reads, others not so much.īelow are a few of my top reads for 2011. ![]()
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