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    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...

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    When a woman looks into her family history, she discovers that her great-grandmother's life was coloured by tragedy, war and passion. She discovers how intimately she is connected with her past, and how old history holds her in its powerful grip...

  • 0755309510
  • 9780755309511
  • Victoria Hislop
  • 10 April 2006
  • Headline Review
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 496

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