
Give My Love to Berlin
by Katherine Bryant
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Pub Date May 20 2025 | Archive Date Jun 03 2025
Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC | Walrus Publishing
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Description
"Set against the glittering decadence and impending doom of Weimar Germany, Give My Love to Berlin chronicles a forgotten chapter of LGBTQ history with remarkable depth and humanity. Katherine Bryant has crafted a heart-wrenching and unforgettable tale of forbidden love and moral defiance, offering readers a glimpse of beauty and brutality and reminding us of love's endurance through history's darkest chapters.
- Paul Levine, bestselling author of the Jack Lassiter series and the Solomon vs. Lord series
"A moving story about ordinary people caught up in historic events, with devastating results. It is poignant and disturbing, with chilling parallels to our own time. Katherine Bryant's debut will stir your anger and touch your heart."- Al Pessin, multi-award-winning author of the international spy thrillers, Sandblast, Blowback, and Shockwave.
Give My Love to Berlin follows the lives of two gay couples in the late 1920's Weimar Republic as it slowly gives way to the Nazi's Third Reich and one young woman in America in the 1990s where she grapples with the onset of her grandmother's dementia and discovers secrets her grandmother kept hidden for decades.
In 1920s Germany, Tillie and Ruth and their best friends, James and Ernesto, navigate falling in love, thriving in their community, and coming to terms with the danger they're in just by being who they are, even as Tillie watches her father, a prominent lawyer, become more and more entrenched in the Nazi Party. Ruth, a performer at one of the nightclubs in the city and Tillie, working in her father's law office where she meets Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Goring, become convinced that her and her friends' lives are in danger as the Nazis take over Berlin one neighborhood at a time.
Decades later in America, the shocking truth about Tillie, Ruth, James, and Ernesto and life under the deadly specter of hate and bigotry is finally revealed as a timely story about love, sacrifice, and the choices one must make in the face of danger.
A Note From the Publisher
Other Contributors include Lisa Miller
eBook:: 9781940442549
Illustrated by Kristy Makansi
Other Contributors include Lisa Miller
eBook:: 9781940442549
Advance Praise
Set against the glittering decadence and impending doom of Weimar Germany, Give My Love to Berlin chronicles a forgotten chapter of LGBTQ history with remarkable depth and humanity. Katherine Bryant has crafted a heart-wrenching and unforgettable tale of forbidden love and moral defiance, offering readers a glimpse of beauty and brutality and reminding us of love’s endurance through history’s darkest chapters.”
—Paul Levine, bestselling author of Jack Lassiter series and Solomon vs. Lord series
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781940442532 |
PRICE | $18.95 (USD) |
PAGES | 463 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews

Oh my God, this is one of the best book I will ever read in my entire life! I didn’t obsess with a book since Evelyn Hugo. This novel is so intense (the romances, the friendships, the mystery, the perils of nazism, the History…). I love it. Really, I just love it.
I don’t have an heart anymore or tears anymore, but I cannot stop thinking about this wonderful, wonderful book!
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the arc.

Katherine Bryant’s Give My Love to Berlin is a stunning debut. While the opening chapters take their time setting the scene, I became completely hooked once I reached the 20% mark. The novel beautifully illuminates a lesser-known piece of queer history: the Institute of Sexual Science in Berlin. I had no idea about its significance, and Bryant brings it to life with such care and depth.
What struck me most was the way the characters love fiercely in ways that feel both deeply personal and profoundly universal. There is a tenderness in their connections, a reminder that queer people have always existed, always found each other, and always loved in our own beautiful, unique ways.
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