A Long Road Winding - Margaret P Kirk

For Anna and Felix Abramsky, the Nazis destroyed all they ever held dear: they killed their only child and ruined their ballet careers. And Anna, brutally raped by a German officer, bears in shame and disgust his child, Ellie – the very symbol of their humiliation and defeat. Fleeing to England, the Abramskys adopt the starving and badly injured Micah, who comes to replace the son they lost – and the hope they have for so long been denied.

Michael Abramsky – born Micah the gypsy – is determined no child of his shall ever want. Finding success and wealth as a businessman, and able to repay his debr of gratitude to his beloved foster parents, he feels secure at last.

But the Abramskys new-found happiness is soon threatened, as fortune plays yet another cruel trick.

Ellie – now a beautiful young woman – re-enters their lives, and Anna is forced to face her long-buried past. And Michael too learns he cannot escape his past: his wealth draws his gypsy relatives and their grasping fingers like a magnet. He, and his children, must pay a heavy price for their Romany blood.