The Unravelling Of Maria

<p>Lovers separated by the Iron Curtain</p><p>Two women whose paths should never have crossed</p><p>A remarkable journey that changes all of their lives</p><p> </p><p>Maria's history is a lie. Washed up on the shores of Sweden in 1944 with no memory she was forced to create her own. Half a century later she still has no idea of her true identity.</p><p>Jaak fights for Estonia's independence refusing to accept the death of his fiancee Maarja whose ship was sunk as she fled across the Baltic Sea to escape the Soviet invasion.</p><p>Angie knows exactly who she is. A drug addict. A waste of space. Life is just about getting by.</p><p>A chance meeting in Edinburgh's Cancer Centre is the catalyst for something very different.</p><p>Sometimes all you need is someone who listens.</p><p><br></p><p>The Unravelling of Maria (96 000 words) is literary fiction told through three voices Jaak an Estonian Forest Brother captured by the Soviets and sent to a gulag in Kolyma; Maarja his fiancee who fled in 1944 as the Soviets were about to invade and Angie a young Scottish drug addict. In Edinburgh 1987 Maarja and Angie meet in the Cancer Centre and the unravelling begins.</p><p> </p>