Berlin ’45

In Jeffrey Sweet’s Berlin ’45, Trude finds that she can no longer live in the false confidence that even despotic order provides. The Russians come in. She needs to survive, seeks a protector, and is shocked to discover a soul mate in Gregory, a Russian major. Both loathe their countries’ leadership. Both are horrified by what is being done by their countrymen. Both are looking for the possibility of civilization in the middle of the chaos.