Oranges for Christmas

by Margarita Morris

Overview

The bonds of family are stronger than the Berlin Wall...

Berlin, 1961. Sabine can't imagine a life separated from her beloved brother. So when the barbed wire goes up overnight to divide East and West Berlin, she and her mother begin to plan their escape. But Sabine is living under the shadow of the secret police known as the Stasi. She'll have to tread carefully as the network of civilian spies closes in around her...

Dieter would risk everything to free his family from the oppressive East German regime. He joins a rebel group with plans to hatch a daring rescue. As the situation grows dire across the wall, Dieter must be painfully patient. A single misstep could get him and his family killed...

The Stasi have eyes everywhere. Can Sabine and Dieter reunite against incredible odds when anyone could be a spy?

Oranges for Christmas is a heart-wrenching historical fiction novel set in Cold War Germany. If you like authentic historical details, tenacious characters, and stories of hope in the face of tyranny, then you'll love Margarita Morris' emotional page-turner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780992748920
Publisher:	Margarita Morris
Publication date:	11/25/2013
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Shortlisted for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in 2014 with her first novel, Oranges for Christmas, Margarita Morris brings a love of history to her writing.

Margarita studied languages at Oxford and it was as a student that she visited Berlin and saw at first hand the effects of the Berlin Wall on this divided city. Years later this experience led her to write Oranges for Christmas about a family trying to escape from Communist East Berlin.

Other passions include the Victorian era. The Sleeping Angel was inspired by the haunting beauty of Highgate Cemetery and the urban legends that surround it. In her Scarborough Fair series, historical mysteries meet contemporary thrillers.

Scarborough Fair #1
Scarborough Ball #2

Margarita lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two sons.

Find more about Margarita Morris at her website at http://margaritamorris.com