Janice L Dick

In a Foreign Land Janice L Dick

Manchuria has been home to the Martens and Giesinger families ever since they escaped Soviet Russia in 1930. At fifteen years of age, Danny Martens and Rachel Giesinger are content with their lives, and with each other. But the end of World War II changes everything. In 1945, the Soviets invade northern China, infiltrating the temporary vacuum of power, and repatriate all men who were older than twenty years when they fled the Soviet Union. Robbed of home, livelihood and security, Danny's family and friends move southward, trying unsuccessfully to acquire emigration papers. Amid the difficulties, a ghost from the past stalks the Martens family in search of vengeance for previously hidden crimes. Danny struggles to honor his father's wish to move his family out of the country, but all his plans are thwarted. In desperation, Danny's mother requests sponsorship from friends, Phillip Wieler and Jasch Fast, who emigrated to the States in 1932. In spite of their own struggles with personal and economic tragedy, the Wielers and the Fasts attempt to help their friends who are held captive In a Foreign Land. This story is based loosely on memoirs of a survivor. It is the second book in the In Search of Freedom series. The first book is titled: Other Side of the River.