The crystal vase
Goldsmith, Astrid2026
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When her imperious, chain-smoking German Jewish grandmother dies, it falls to Astrid and her father to drive a hire van to the Black Forest and collect the family heirlooms from Gisela's nicotine-stained apartment. In Freiburg, they are faced with several lifetimes' worth of belongings to sort through - infested Persian rugs, mysterious photographs, a toy monkey that started a marriage - and a grasping landlord, impatient to renovate. As the list of demands from uncles, sisters and cousins grows longer, the rabbit-holes of history and memory grow deeper. Long-buried secrets and tales of survival are revealed - from Nazi Germany to colonial Africa - and old feuds are reignited, as father and daughter struggle with the responsibility of preserving the family legacy. More importantly, will they be able to fit everything into a medium wheel-base transit van?
Main title:
The crystal vase / Astrid Goldsmith.
Author:
Goldsmith, Astrid, author, artist
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2026.
Collation:
208 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781787334311 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
777.7092B GOL777.709 GOLD
Language:
English
BRN:
9032604