The scrapbook

Harvard, 1996. Anna is about to graduate when she meets Christoph, a German student. They only spend a week together but it is long enough for Anna to fall in love. Anna begins to visit Christoph in Germany. As she tries to understand the elegant man who fascinates her, he reveals his country to her. Germany is still reckoning with the Holocaust and its pretty new squares and grand facades belie its recent history and the war's destruction. Christoph condemns his country's actions but remains vague about the part his grandparents played. Anna's grandfather, meanwhile, was an American GI who took photos of the end of the war, preserved in a scrapbook only Anna has seen. Anna wants to believe in Christoph and the future he promises her but as their relationship becomes increasingly unsettling, she must face up to everything she has been unwilling to see, and everything Christoph has chosen to ignore.

Genres

Romance

Language

English

Publisher

Vintage

ISBN

9781529946055