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The Lilac People: A Novel
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Reminiscent Of Anthony DoerrS All The Light We Cannot See . . . HeartStopping In Its Suspense And Dramatic Reveals. The Boston Globea Moving And Deeply Humane Story About A Trans Man Who Must Relinquish The Freedoms Of Prewar Berlin To Survive First The Nazis Then The Allies, All While Protecting The Ones He Lovesin 1932 Berlin, A Trans Man Named Bertie And His Friends Spend Carefree Nights At The Eldorado Club, The Epicenter Of BerlinS Thriving Queer Community. An Employee Of The Renowned Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld At The Institute Of Sexual Science, Bertie Works To Improve Queer Rights In Germany And Beyond. But Everything Changes When Hitler Rises To Power. The Institute Is Raided, The Eldorado Is Shuttered, And Queer People Are Rounded Up. Bertie Barely Escapes With His Girlfriend, Sofie, To A Nearby Farm. There They Take On The Identities Of An Elderly Couple And Live For More Than A Decade In Isolation.In The Final Days Of The War, With Their Freedom In Sight, Bertie And Sofie Find A Young Trans Man Collapsed On Their Property, Still Dressed In Holocaust Prison Clothes. They Vow To Protect HimNot From The Nazis, But From The Allied Forces Who Are Arresting Queer Prisoners While Liberating The Rest Of The Country. Ironically, As The Allies Vise Grip Closes On Bertie And His Family, Their Only Salvation Is To Flee To The United States.Brimming With Hope, Resilience, And The Enduring Power Of Community, The Lilac People Tells An Extraordinary Story Inspired By Real Events And Recovers An Unknown Moment Of World War Ii And Trans History.
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