The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() For all of them, for all of Germany too, it is the aftermath of something enormous. This unconventional arrangement forms the intriguing backdrop of the story.We learn of brief moments in the lives of each of them, Lewis and Rachael, and the children Edmund and Freda. Lewis requisitions an elegant house on the banks of the river Elbe, but unlike others who force out the owners, he allows the resident German family, consisting of widower Lubert and his unhappy daughter Freda to remain in their home, living in the top floor apartment, whilst his family lives below. They lost their other son in the war and Rachael is still grieving very deeply. His wife Rachael and son Edmund come over from England to join him. Colonel Lewis Morgan is entrusted with the role of overseeing the rebuilding of Hamburg in the British Occupied Zone of the newly carved up post World War II Germany, and with the de-Nazification of the people. ![]() ![]() This is Hamburg, Germany and this is the scene of this remarkable novel. The year is 1946, and the setting is a country that has been destroyed, where we are taken to a city that lies in ruins, and introduced to a people, many of whom have been displaced and are hungry. ![]()
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