Stones from the River is the third-person omniscient 1994 novel by Ursula Hegi which chronicles 40 years of the life of Trudi, a woman with dwarfism, as she navigates the silently complicit, violent, and redemptive era of World War I and II Germany in the fictional town of Burgdorf.[1]
Ursula Hegi's status as a German immigrant to America played a key role in shaping Stones from the River.[1]
Stones from the River received multiple accolades and became a bestseller in 1997 when selected for Oprah's Book Club.[2]
