The island / Victoria Hislop.

By:

Hislop, Victoria

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Headline review, 2006.Description: 490 p. 17 cmISBN:

9780755329649

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

823.92

Summary: 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 dauhters, 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...

Holdings ( 2 )
Title notes ( 1 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	823.92 HIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000007405
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	823.92 HIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Checked out	11/07/2018	00000010067

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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 dauhters, 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...