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the reader
by bernard schlink
 
When he falls ill on his way home from school, 15-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. She becomes his lover, and then mysteriously disappears. When Michael next sees Hanna, he's a young law student - she's on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael realizes that Hanna is guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder. A story of love and secrets, crime and compassion in post-war Germany, The Reader by Bernhard Schlink is a deeply moving novel of a young boy's erotic awakening.
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