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  • By: James Moloney
  • Narrated by: Ulli Birvé
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (25 ratings)

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The Love That I Have

By: James Moloney
Narrated by: Ulli Birvé
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Publisher's Summary

'Winter calls for a good book, and we've found one to rival The Book Thief.' (The Australian Women's Weekly

Margot Baumann has left 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 camp near 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. For fans of The Book Thief, this powerful and heartbreaking story set during WW2 stays with you long after the final moment. 

Awards for James Moloney: In 2019 James Moloney was honoured with the CBCA Nan Chauncy Award, which each year honours an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature. 

'A compelling and emotionally charged story of young love and survival, bravery and humanity. The closing months of the Second World War in Germany are seen from a surprising and fresh perspective. I was holding back tears from page 72.' (Shona Martyn, Spectrum Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald)

'A profoundly hopeful and humanity-affirming novel, portraying the equalising power that compassion has above all injustice. This is a novel for people who enjoyed The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, All the Light We Cannot See, and more recently, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.' (Better Reading)

©2018 HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited

Critic Reviews

"A beautiful, heartbreaking and affecting read. ... Definitely one for book club, just don't forget the tissues." (The Australian Women's Weekly)

"A heartbreaking, harrowing and deeply hopeful story... for readers of The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." (Books+Publishing)

"A compelling and emotionally charged story of young love and survival, bravery and humanity. The closing months of the Second World War in Germany are seen from a surprising and fresh perspective. I was holding back tears from page 72." (Shona Martyn, Spectrum editor, The Sydney Morning Herald)

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Enjoyable story with an obvious ending

This is a good story, well read by the storyteller.
Easy to listen to while you do other things.

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Thought provoking and surprising

I downloaded this audiobook without reading a thing about it, on the basis of the author. Moloney was my favourite YA author when I was a teenager, (I consider ‘A bridge to Wiseman’s Cove’ to be one of the best I have read in that genre).
I will admit to being fairly underwhelmed for the first part of this book - I had a vague feeling of ‘here we go again’ due to the subject matter being seemingly similar to other recent books. However I was soon captivated and utterly engrossed. It is not often that a book surprises me, but this one did more than once. A clever and thoughtful story and point of view on a difficult topic.

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