Sofia'’s Story, the tale of a woman of the Twentieth Century, portrays the life of Sofia Gunter, a poor girl raised in Berlin by staunchly religious, patriotic Germans, including a feisty matriarch, her grandmother, who gives her a quilt. Sofia feels the heirloom is the personification of her grandmother upon her death, developing an unusually close relationship to the quilt. She uses this attachment to deal with the historic events of the Times which impact her life. Sofia’s Story is one of tragedy, like many who lived in this era whose lives were changed by circumstances beyond their control.

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Tags: Sofia's Story, ABNA Semifinalist 2008, R.E.Cluse