Eating eggshells

One of the greatest memoirs of this century. Created by a graduate of Harvard University Bestselling Author RealCoolAidMan does it again with one of the greatest retellings of an unforgettable story. Bruno, a nine-year-old boy living in Berlin, Germany in 1943, comes home one day to find his family's maid, Maria, packing all of his things away in boxes. Bruno's Mother explains that the family is moving away due to the demands of his father's new job. "The Fury," as Bruno calls Adolf Hitler, had come to dinner at Bruno's home the previous week, and has promoted Bruno's Father. Father is a Commandant in the German army. He is a stern and imposing figure, but still expresses his care for his children. Bruno is unhappy to be leaving his best friends, grandparents, and the hustle and bustle of Berlin, but is presented with no other choice than to go with his family. Before they go, Father gets into a fight with Bruno's Grandmother, a former singing star, at their Christmas celebration. Grandmother is furious that Father would accept his new job from the Fury, but Father counters that it is a great honor for himself and for the Fatherland. The family packs up all of their belongings and soon head out on a train to reach their new home. The new house on a hill is the only house in a very desolate area. Bruno is sad to be away from Berlin, and bored to have only his twelve-year-old sister Gretel, whom he does not get along with, for company. Their maid Maria and butler Lars staff the house, but there are also new waiters that Bruno has not met before. One of them, Pavel, is an old, stooped man who cleans up Bruno's cut knee one day when he falls from a tire swing. Pavel tells Bruno that he has been a doctor in a past life, and Bruno is confused as to why a doctor would be working as a waiter in his house. Bruno comes to learn that Pavel lives on the other side of a fence that runs near their house.