The Island

The Island, the acclaimed million-copy No.1 bestseller and winner of Richar d & Judy's Summer Read 2006 from Victoria Hislop, is a dramatic tale of fou r generations, rent by war, illicit love, violence and leprosy, from the th irties, through the war, to the present day. ***A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million-copy bestseller.*** 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 Al exis 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.

Product Info

ISBN: 0755309510

ISBN-13: 9780755309511

Publisher: Headline Review

Year: 2006

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

Seller Info

InfinityBooksJapan

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Country: Japan