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\nNear the end of the Cold War\, a CIA code bre aker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childhood\, which launches her across the world to the heart of Berlin just before the wall comes tu mbling down. November 1989 &mdash\;After finding a secret cache of letters with intelligence buried in the text\, CIA cryptographer Luisa Voekler le arns that not only is her father alive but he is languishing in an East Ge rman Stasi jail. After piecing together the letters with a series of artic les her grandfather saved\, Luisa seeks out journalists Bran Bishop and Da niel Rudd. They send her to the CIA\, to Andrew Cademan&mdash\;her boss. L uisa confronts Cademan and learns that nothing is a coincidence\, but he w ill not help her free her father. So she takes matters into her own hands\ , empties her bank account\, and flies to West Berlin. As the adrenaline w ears off and she recognizes she has no idea how to proceed\, Luisa is both relieved and surprised when a friend shows up with contacts and a rudimen tary plan to sneak her across the wall. Alternating storylines between Lui sa and her father\, The Berlin Letters shows the tumultuous early days of the wall\, bringing Berlin\, the epicenter of the Cold War\, to life while also sharing one family&rsquo\;s journey through secrets\, lies\, and div ision to love\, freedom\, and reconciliation.
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