Julia Franck's The Blind Side of the Heart (Die Mittagsfrau) tells the story of a young woman growing up during the turbulent times of the first half of the 20th century. The novel was first published in German in 2007 and won the prestigious German Book Prize. The book narrates a story of growing up without a loving and caring mother, of unfulfilled dreams and of a tragic love against the background of two world wars.
