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GOING OVER takes place in 1983 Germany, where Ada and Stefan are in love --- but Ada lives in West Berlin, and Stefan lives in East Berlin. Bound by love and separated by circumstance, their only chance for a life together lies in a high-risk escape. In this blog post, part of the GOING OVER blog tour, author Beth Kephart shares photos from a 2011 trip to the city. Read on to see her photos, and to learn about the other stops on the tour!

I traveled with my husband to Berlin in June 2011, and we went walking. I didn’t want to be a tourist so much as someone living inside the thrum and the color of an exquisite place. I came upon things, no tour book in hand. I wrestled to understand what they were. They became a part of my interior world --- unexplained, often, simple there, alive, full of some haunted past.

Among my favorite images from that trip are these:

Beth Kephart is an American author of non-fiction, poetry and young adult fiction for adults and teens. Kephart has written and published over 10 books and has received several grants and awards for her writing.

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