The Blind Side of the HeartThe Blind Side of the Heart is an international bestseller, a great family novel, and a powerful portrayal of an era, telling the story of a fascinating woman. Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945, Helene has brought her seven year old son. After surviving the horrors and deprivations of the war years with him, she abandons him on the station platform and never returns. This is a tale of hope,