Confession With Blue Horses

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019. Tobi and Ella''s childhood in East Berlin is shrouded in mystery. Now adults living in London, their past is full of unanswered questions. Both remember ...

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019. Tobi and Ella''s childhood in East Berlin is shrouded in mystery. Now adults living in London, their past is full of unanswered questions. Both remember their family''s daring and terrifying attempt to escape. But what happened next? Where did their parents disappear to, and why? What happened to Heiko, their little brother? And was there ever a painting of three blue horses? In contemporary Germany, Aaron works for a Stasi archive, making his way through old files, reconstructing the tragic history of thousands of families. But one file in particula