num_pages: 187
description: Floating in My Mother's Palm is the compelling and mystical story of Hanna Malter, a young girl growing up in 1950's Burgdorf, the small German town Ursula Hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel Stones from the River. Hanna's courageous voice evokes her unconventional mother, who swims during thunderstorms; the illegitimate son of an American GI, who learns from Hanna about his father; and the librarian, Trudi Montag, who lets Hanna see her hometown from a dwarf's extraordinary point of view. Although Ursula Hegi wrote Floating in My Mother's Palm first, it can be read as a sequel to Stones from the River.
language: English
title: Floating in My Mother's Palm
titlecomplete: Floating in My Mother's Palm
genres: Germany, Short Stories, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 3348
places: Burgdorf, Germany
series: Burgdorf Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: Scribner