The Love That I Have

Author(s): James Moloney

Aust Fiction

For fans of The Book Thief, a powerful and heartbreaking story set during WW2 that stays with you long after the final page is read.


Margot Baumann hasleft school to take up her sister's job in the mailroom of a large prison. But this is Germany in 1944, and the prison is Sachsenhausen concentration campnear Berlin.


Margot is shielded from the camp's brutality as she has no contact with prisoners. But she does handle their mail and, when given a cigarette lighter and told to burn the letters, she is horrified by the callous act she must carry out with her own hands. This is especially painful since her brother was taken prisoner at Stalingrad and her family have had no letters from him. So Margot steals a few letters, intending to send them in secret, only to find herself drawn to their heart-rending words of hope, of despair, and of love.


This is how Margot comes to know Dieter Kleinschmidt - through the beauty and the passion of his letters to his girlfriend.


And since his girlfriend is also named Margot, it is like reading love letters written for her.


From award-winning Australian author James Moloney, comes a fresh and compelling story about love, loss and profound bravery.

A BOOK WE LOVED: This is a war story of parallel lives. This is a must read for those who loved The Book Thief and All the light we cannot see. Set in a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin 1944, we meet Margot who works in the mailroom performing the gut wrenching task of letter burning. And Deiter, a prisoner, a writer of beautiful heart felt letters composed as acts of survival within the prison walls.This is a carefully constructed moving story of love, stolen innocence, conviction, compassion, despair and thankfully, hope. Kim

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Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781460754634
  • : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • : 0.372
  • : July 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 304
  • : 823.4
  • : 2018
  • : Paperback
  • : James Moloney