02219cam a2200337 4500 553039206 TxAuBib 20211001120000.0 210325s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021011958 9781629729282 1629729280 (OCoLC)1245251536 UPB/DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF TH8 GL4 OCLCO TxAuBib Moore, Heather B. The slow march of light : a novel : inspired by a true story of resilience and hope / Heather B. Moore. Shadow Mountain, 2021. xvi, 348 pages : map, photograph (both black and white) ; 24 cm. Includes discussion questions (pages 315-316). Includes bibliographical references. "In the summer of 1961, a wall of barbed wire goes up quickly in the dead of night, officially dividing Berlin. Aware of the many whose families have been divided. Luisa joins a secret spy network, risking her life to help East Germans escape across Berlin Wall and into the West. Bob Inama, a soldier in the US Army, is stationed in West Germany. He's glad to be fluent in German, especially after meeting Luisa Voigt at a church social. As they spend tie together, they forma close connection. But when Bob receives classified orders to leave for undercover work immediately, he doesn't get the chance to say goodbye. With a fake identity, Bob's special assignment is to be a spy embedded in East Germany, identifying possible targets for the US military. But Soviet and East German spies, the secret police, and Stasi informants are everywhere, and the danger of being caught and sent to a brutal East German prison lurks on every corner."--Dust jacket flap. 20211001. Inama, Albert R Fiction. Prisoners Germany (East) Fiction. Berlin Wall Fiction Berlin Wall 1961-1989 Berlin, Germany. Germany Fiction. Berlin (Germany) History 1945-1990 Fiction. Biographical fiction. lcgft Historical fiction. lcgft Spy fiction. lcgft