The uneasy balance between childhood dreams and traditional expectations shatters and when the New Regime takes over, tightening its unrelenting grip on every aspect of normal life, it seems that all hope is lost.
Described as deeply disturbing, whilst affirming the ultimate redemptive power of love, this story exposes the harsh reality of life in a culture of acute, senseless and relentless repression, where every decision poses the real threat of the most dangerous repercussions imaginable. What should have been an unremarkable childhood sweetheart romance, is anything but.
Every element of Strange Fruit is based in real, researched and retold events, against a backdrop of factual detail. Whilst this is not a true story that has affected one family, it recounts many true stories, so that the book is genuine in its retelling.