"[D]eeply affecting. the work is tightly and satisfyingly unified by the depth and intelligence of the narration. Readers are fortunate to have this remarkable meditation on family, identity, and writing from a master storyteller." -- Publisher's Weekly "Very occasionally a book comes along that feels as if it were written just for me, and this is one of those rare books. All my life's defining concerns, as a writer and a woman, are here - ageing, home, the past, losing people, secrets, childhood, strategies of disclosure, the purpose of art and the relationship it has to life - god, that is an ongoing riddle - and Hermann conveys and examines them with generosity and honesty and insight. This book stimulated my mind and touched me to the core." --Claire Louise-Bennett, author of Pond Judith Hermann understands better than anyone that something unspoken must lie at the core of every story. We Would Have Told Each Other Everything is a precise meditation on the mysteries and risks of storytelling - and a haunting account of a life lived in close communion with ghosts and dreams, with chosen and given families.

Just like in her stories, Hermann never draws too close to the shadowy center from which everything feeds." -- Dorothee Elmiger, author of Out of the Sugar Factory d risks of storytelling - and a haunting account of a life lived in close communion with ghosts and dreams, with chosen and given families. Just like in her stories, Hermann never draws too close to the shadowy center from which everything feeds." -- Dorothee Elmiger, author of Out of the Sugar Factory d risks of storytelling - and a haunting account of a life lived in close communion with ghosts and dreams, with chosen and given families. Just like in her stories, Hermann never draws too close to the shadowy center from which everything feeds." -- Dorothee Elmiger, author of Out of the Sugar Factory d risks of storytelling - and a haunting account of a life lived in close communion with ghosts and dreams, with chosen and given families. Just like in her stories, Hermann never draws too close to the shadowy center from which everything feeds." -- Dorothee Elmiger, author of Out of the Sugar Factory.