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Hamburg, 1946: Thousands remain displaced in what is now the British Occupied Zone. Charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the de-Nazification of its defeated people, Colonel Lewis Morgan has requisitioned a fine house on the banks of the Elbe, where he will be joined by his grieving wife, Rachael, and only remaining son, Edmund. But rather than force its owners, a German widower and his traumatised daughter, to leave their home, Lewis insists that the two families live together.

1650: The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their father and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people recovering in the aftermath of a brutal war. Greta has a secret, though: the witch's grimoire, secreted away and whispering in her ear, and the recipe inside that makes the most sinfully delicious—and addictive—gingerbread. As long as she can bake, Greta can keep her small family afloat.

Auch Wochen nach ihrer erzwungenen Hochzeit können Cassandra und Jonathan es kaum in einem Raum miteinander aushalten, geschweige denn, einen Erben zeugen, der dafür sorgen soll, dass ihre Wege sich endlich trennen können. Wie sollen sie nachts zueinanderfinden, wenn die Irrungen und Wirrungen ihrer Gefühle und Gedanken ihnen ständig im Weg stehen? Einen Erben zu zeugen ist unter diesen Umständen schwierig genug, als zu allem Überfluss die Außenwelt an ihre Tür klopft - und mit ihr kommt die Eifersucht, die mit Eifer sucht, was Leiden schafft.

Pennsylvania writer Elsie Singmaster's collection of fictional short stories related to the bloody and pivotal Battle of Gettysburg presents a variety of colorful, compelling, and flawed characters profoundly affected by the famous battle. These stories span five decades, beginning on July 1, 1863, and concluding with the 50th anniversary of the battle, the year this collection was published.