Island

Island

On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. When Alexis decides to visit Crete, however, Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take to an old friend, and promises that through her she will learn more.
Arriving in Plaka, Alexis is astonished to see that it lies a stone's throw from the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony. Then she finds Fotini, and at last hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life: the tale of her great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters, and a family rent by tragedy, war and passion. She discovers how intimately she is connected with the island, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip...
'Passionately engaged with its subject' The Sunday Times
'A moving and absorbing holiday read that pulls at the heart strings' Evening Standard
'Hislop carefully evokes the lives of Cretans...but most commendable is her compassionate portrait of the outcasts' Guardian
'Wonderful descriptions, strong characters and an intimate portrait of island existence' Woman & Home

Auteur | Victoria Hislop
Taal | Engels
Type | Paperback
Categorie | Literatuur & Romans

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