A Long Way From Warsaw, Margarita Morris
A Long Way From Warsaw, Margarita Morris
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A Long Way From Warsaw
A Novel of World War II Poland

Author: Margarita Morris

Narrator: Elisabeth Lagelee

Unabridged: 13 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/21/2023

Synopsis

Torn apart by war. Reunited by love.

Warsaw, 1939. Poland is on the brink of war, and for Anna Nowak, life will never be the same again.

Her brother, Lech, is called up to fight as an officer in the Polish army. He expects to be home in a matter of weeks, but it will be many years and a journey of thousands of miles before he can be reunited with those he loves.

Anna's younger brother, Jan, dreams of being a soldier too. But his dreams turn into nightmares when the Germans invade and his best friend is incarcerated within the ghetto.

As for Anna, her hopes of studying art are crushed when the German occupiers close Polish universities. Instead she risks her own life by serving in the resistance. But with the Gestapo closing in, and with rumors of prisoners being sent to concentration camps, how far is she willing to go to save her country?

As Poland is carved up by both Germany and the Soviet Union, the fate of ordinary people hangs in the balance. What does it mean to be Polish when Poland itself is threatened with extinction?

Packed with authentic historical details, A Long Way From Warsaw is a sweeping novel of family, courage, and the indomitable human quest for freedom.

About Margarita Morris

As a student of French and German at Jesus College, Oxford, it was an unforgettable trip to Berlin in 1987, including the former East Berlin, that became the inspiration for Margarita Morris's Berlin Wall escape novel Oranges for Christmas many years later. Margarita then pursued her interest in Eastern Europe by writing a novel about the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 in Goodbye to Budapest. Her latest book explores the turbulent story of Poland in World War Two. Margarita is married with two children and lives in Oxfordshire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on November 13, 2022

Gripping, emotional and heart-wrenching, this is a story with epic scope. The book tells the story of Poland during world war 2 through the eyes of an ordinary family caught up in the fighting. We follow Anna as she joins the resistance in Warsaw despite the risk of being captured by the Gestapo and......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on March 29, 2023

There’s something missing from the way this book is written and as yet I can’t put my finger on it. The premiss is good. A family torn apart by war but some how the text feels as if dates and events have been shoehorned in to give a time line. The stories of each character do not seem to have any re......more

Goodreads review by Karla-Mae on October 27, 2024

A long way from Warsaw originally caught my interest because I haven't read a story about how Poland was affected by WW2 and this looked promising. The author clearly has a lot of knowledge about the historical aspects of Poland's involvement in the conflict but it is so dryly written that the chara......more

Goodreads review by Tim on March 16, 2025

It is well written, but Not good pleasurable reading for me. All a bit depressing but some I’m sure will enjoy the writing of pain and suffering due to the war. Not enough uplifting happy moments for me. But as I say others will enjoy the reality. I really enjoyed two of her other books ORANGES FOR......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on March 17, 2025

I enjoyed reading A Long Way From Warsaw by Margarita Morris. Having travelled throughout Eastern Europe and spending several days in Warsaw this title really resonated with me. It was well-written and a quick read.......more

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