num_pages: 416
description: This novel is a testament of what seemed at the time a fairly ordinary childhood, in the bosom of a normal Nazi family in Landsberg.Returning to her native town in East Germany forty years later, accompanied by her inquisitive and sometimes demanding daughter, Christa Wolf attempts to recapture her past and to clarify memories of growing up in Nazi Germany
language: English
title: Patterns of Childhood
titlecomplete: Patterns of Childhood
characters: Aunt Dottie, Nelly, Charlotte Jordan, Whiskers Grandma, Bruno Jordan
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Historical, German Literature, Classics, Womens, World War II, Germany, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 475
places: Landsberg (Warthe), Gorzów
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Bremer Literaturpreis
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux