Journal Entry 1 by AliceF from Coventry, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Friday, April 16, 2010

Obtained via BookMooch.com.

As a child raised by his mother in post-war Germany, Peter Debauer becomes fascinated by a story he discovers in the proof pages of a novel edited by his grandparents. It is the tale of a German prisoner of war who escapes from a Russian camp and braves countless dangers to return home to a wife who believes him to be dead. But the novel is incomplete and Peter becomes obsessed by the question of what happened when the soldier and his wife met again. Years later, the adult Peter remembers the novel and embarks on a search for the missing pages that soon becomes a mysterious search for his own father, a German soldier whom he always believed was killed in the war. 

Journal Entry 2 by AliceF at Coventry, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Friday, August 20, 2010

BOOK RAY: This ray is currently open. Members are as follows (if you wish to join, please PM me and I will add you!):

• Sterile
• mafarrimond
• Cross-patch.

• If you wish to be added to the list, please PM me with your details.
• We will kick off once we have 5 members.
• You will be sending the book to the person who appears after you in the list, so you need to PM them to get their address!
• It's not a race, but please read and send the book on as speedily as you can, other people are dying to read it too.
• Please journal the book once you have received it (so we all know where it currently is) and again when you have read it (so we know what you thought of it!)
• If you're the last person on the list (i.e. we run out of members) the book comes back to me until there are more interested parties...

Journal Entry 3 by AliceF at Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 02, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (1/2/2011 UTC) at Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom

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On its way... enjoy! 

Journal Entry 4 by Sterile at Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Just this minute arrived! Got another book on the go at the moment but will get to this next! Thanks for including me in the ray and will pm mafarrimond when nearly finished to get an address. xx 

Journal Entry 5 by Sterile at Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Friday, January 21, 2011

I really thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Maybe after such a good novel as The Reader, it's difficult to reach the bar again - maybe it's just me but the tale went on a bit and then a bit more!

The first section where Peter is at his Grandparents is absorbing but after the middle it gets a little stale for me unfortuanately.

I have an address off mafarrimond's profile to send the book and should be able to post out after the weekend. 

Journal Entry 6 by Sterile at Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 23, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (1/24/2011 UTC) at Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom

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Paasing via Royal Mail to mafarrimond using the address on the profile. 2nd Class 24 January 2011 

Journal Entry 7 by mafarrimond at Hawarden, Wales United Kingdom on Saturday, January 29, 2011

The book has arrived safely. Thank you for sending on. 

Journal Entry 8 by mafarrimond at Hawarden, Wales United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sorry, I've had this one so long. I did enjoy the book - the first two thirds anyway. I found the last section of the book somewhat unnecessary. 

Journal Entry 9 by Cross-patch at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Saturday, May 28, 2011

Thank you, mafarrimond and AliceF. The Homecoming has arrived safely. 

Journal Entry 10 by Cross-patch at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Sunday, June 12, 2011

Like others I was absorbed by the first section, especially with the grandparents in Switzerland and wanted to know more of the mother's story, but the futile tracking of the 'author' and father left me cold. I was left wondering " Why? " too often. 

Journal Entry 11 by Cross-patch at Village Hall in South Croxton, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Saturday, February 18, 2012

Released 3 mos ago (2/18/2012 UTC) at Village Hall in South Croxton, Leicestershire United Kingdom

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donated to the book sale and coffee morning.