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The Island
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Book of the Year, 2007.
Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past, but Sofia has never spoken of it. She only admits to 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 learns that it lies a stone's throw from the deserted island of Spinalonga, Greece's former leper colony. She finds her mother's friend, Fortini, and 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 secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip.
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"Passionately engaged with its subject." ( The Sunday Times)
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- Aranka
- 09-12-2022
Such a pleasure!
Loved this book. Insights into a world and times we have not had explained in such rich detail.
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