Carry Me Across The Water

This was the story of a man's life told through a series of stories that jump back and forth between his childhood in Germany to present day.  He is now 78 years old and quite wealthy.  We learn about his life through flashbacks that are quite skillfully done.  There are the moments in his life of violence, tenderness, generosity, arrogance and love.

I enjoyed this book a great deal.  At first I thought it would be a World War II story.  But that was a small part of understanding August as a man.  Parts moved slowly but it gradually grabbed my attention.