The Gift from Berlin reviewed at The Globe & Mail

This morning brings us a fantastic review of The Gift from Berlin, written by the delightful Lucette ter Borg and translated by the nicest lady on Earth, Liedewy Hawke.

Ter Borg shows great restraint with her characters, who give little away but nonetheless pose profound questions about compassion, responsibility and self-preservation. She sees no need for easy answers and doesn't try to smooth the tangles of a complicated story that spans almost a century and is weighted down by two world wars. With every page, there is a mounting sense of the things that don't get talked about.

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Lucette ter Borg @ The Toronto Star

Lucette ter Borg, author of The Gift from Berlin, is in town for the Shift festival down at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. Yesterday, she was interviewed by The Toronto Star - which you can read here.

Uh, yeah. I thought it ended a little ... abruptly. But still, you should see Lucette's resume. Visual artist? Filmmaker? Journalist? She's a fascinating woman.