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Damages Carried Down
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Publisher Price: $20.99
Publisher: Type Eighteen Books
Published: Mar 9 2027
Pages: 326
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Some family secrets survive every generation.
In 1984, high school English teacher Maggie Moore feels quietly undone-by her stalled career, her fragile marriage, and the sense that her life in Northern California has narrowed. When she inherits a World War I journal written by her beloved grandfather, Joseph Moore, she expects a family keepsake but finds the entries written in German. Drawn into a past she never knew existed, Maggie begins translating the fragile pages at her family's old home in Brooklyn, uncovering a story that challenges everything she believed about her family-and herself.
In 1914, German infantryman Josef Müller writes in secret to his dead brother, confessing the brutality he witnesses under the command of the sadistic Heinrich Adler. When the journal is discovered, Josef makes a desperate choice: he deserts, steals the identity of a dead British soldier, and becomes Joseph Moore. But survival demands more than a new name, and the consequences of his deception will echo for decades.
In 1939 Brooklyn, Joseph's daughter Kate Moore grows up in the shadow of her father's silences. Her search for answers leads her to powerful brewery owner and crime boss Henry Adler-and into a dangerous relationship with Adler's son, Bill. Decades later, Bill Adler, now an aging pawn shop owner and the last heir to a fading empire, believes Maggie's journal may be his final chance at redemption-or revenge.
Spanning war-torn Europe, mid-century Brooklyn, and 1980s California, Damages Carried Down is a sweeping family saga that explores identity, guilt, and the fragile line between truth and survival. Rich in historical detail and emotional depth, Michael Keefe's novel is an unforgettable meditation on the stories families tell, the secrets they keep, and the burdens passed from one generation to the next.
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