# The Blind Side of the Heart

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- Authors: [Julia Franck](https://www.bookquiver.com/julia-franck)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9952-423-6
- Pages: 432
- Published: 2010-07-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945 Helene has brought her seven-year-old son. Having survived with him through the horrors and deprivations of the war years, she abandons him on the station platform and never returns. This is a tale of hope, loneliness and love, and of a life lived in terrible times. It is a great family novel, a powerful portrayal of an era, and the story of a fascinating woman. Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010.