Storytime
Nov 03, 2021
4 minutes
Historic ROMANCE
Devotion by Hannah Kent, Picador
ike her earlier novels, Hannah Kent’s new novel is set in the 1800s but this is a personal tale. Kent grew up in the Adel aide Hills, descended from German immigrants, and says she has always been curious about the Prussians who settled there. She also wanted to explore the friendships between women, and in the wake of her own girlfriend proposing, conjured an ethereal love story between two women at a time when such things were not allowed. Hanne is a wild child who loves the forest but when she meets Thea something unique is sparked. Their families are Old Lutherans
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