The Other Me, Saskia Sarginson
The Other Me, Saskia Sarginson
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The Other Me

Author: Saskia Sarginson

Narrator: Marisa Calin, Robert Fass

Unabridged: 12 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/19/2016


Synopsis

Sometimes it is the people we think we know the best who surprise us the most.

1986, London: Klaudia is about to start high school. She’s embarrassed by her German father—he’s the janitor at her school, he has a funny accent and a limp. And when the kids at school taunt her by saying he was a Nazi during the war, she can’t dispute them with confidence. She’s never known exactly what he may or may not have done during the war. It is a period of time no one will ever discuss.

1995, Leeds: Eliza is in love. She has dropped out of university to pursue her passion—dance. But then talented artist Cosmo comes along and soon Eliza realizes that she might have room in her life for two loves. But can she really continue to lie to everyone around her? And why is she so afraid of the truth?

1930s, Germany: Two brothers are trying to fend for themselves during the chaos of the rise of the Third Reich. One brother rallies for the Fuhrer, one holds back. One is seemingly good, one bad. But history seems to tell a completely different story.

All of these characters’ fates will collide in an audiobook that explores what we are ultimately willing to do for love. Saskia Sarginson hypnotically examines whether our identities are tied to where we’ve come from in a captivating mystery that shows how sometimes history doesn’t tell the true story.

About Saskia Sarginson

Saskia Sarginson was awarded an M.A. in creative writing after a B.A. in English literature from Cambridge University. Before becoming a full-time author, she was a health and beauty editor on women's magazines, a ghostwriter for the BBC and HarperCollins, and a copywriter and script editor. She lives in south London with her partner and four children. Her first novel, The Twins, was chosen for the Richard & Judy autumn book club 2013 and received outstanding international review coverage.

About Marisa Calin

Marisa Calin is an actress, narrator, and novelist born in England and educated in New York at the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts. An artist with a flair for everything literary, she has written a young adult novel, You & Me, which received a Kirkus Starred Review, and has narrated the audio books Ruby Red and Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier.

About Robert Fass

Winner of the prestigious Audie Award (for History and Audio Drama), veteran actor Robert Fass is equally at home in a wide variety of styles, genres, characters, and dialects. A seven-time Audie nominee with over 100 unabridged audiobooks to his credit, Robert has also earned multiple Earphones Awards, including for his narration of Joe Golem and the Drowning City by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Robert has given voice to modern and classic fiction writers alike, including Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, John Steinbeck, Carlos Fuentes, Isaac Asimov, Ellery Queen, Steve Berry, Jeffrey Deaver, and Nele Neuhaus, plus bestselling nonfiction works in history, politics, health, journalism, philosophy, and business.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on July 19, 2015

I'm a fan of this author's previous works so was delighted to receive a copy of The Other Me - and it was more of treat than expected, a little different to what you might think looking at the tagline and a very emotional and moving read about coming to terms with family history. When we meet Klaudia......more

Goodreads review by Lily S. on February 07, 2017

I'm getting extremely annoyed with writing this review. I wasn't able to write anything for 2 days then yesterday I accidentally deleted my draft with no possible way to recover the data. So this book is about Klaudia Meyer who in order to escape the past creates a new identity for herself when she......more

Goodreads review by Christina on March 05, 2016

Klaudia Meyer is a shy homeschooled girl living in 1980s London. It's her first year of high school (and real school!), so she's a bit nervous, especially since her father works at the school as the caretaker. Klaudia's childhood has been anything but normal. Her parents are strict, religious, and s......more

Goodreads review by Siobhan on September 07, 2015

I had a serious debate with myself as to whether I should give this book three or four stars. As you can see, in the end, I decided upon three stars. I realised that, despite those moments in which I believed the book could make it to a full four stars, there wasn’t quite enough to be rounded up. I’l......more

Goodreads review by Marco on November 27, 2016

4.5* a really underhyped book who sould get more atention......more