Restitution

February, 1945. The war is over, but for some the fight for survival is only just beginning. Alix is alone and desperate to flee. But when a ferocious snowstorm descends she must return to the shelter of her abandoned ancestral home. There, she is shocked to find her childhood sweetheart Gregor. As old passions are rekindled, a couple break into the house to hidethe man is a stranger, but his companion is altogether more familiar. By morning, the blizzard has died down but the Reds are back. The woman and her Nazi escort are dead, and Gregor has vanished. Alone and terrified, Alix runs for her life, and embarks upon an extraordinary and heartbreaking journey. It will take 60 years and the fall of another empireCommunismbefore the riddles of that fateful night can be deciphered.


Genre: Literary Fiction