Victoria hislop the island
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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 by 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&#;
The Island is the latest pick for my office book club, and again it’s one that I wouldn’t have read had it not been selected by a colleague.&nb
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BOOK REVIEW: The Island by Victoria Hislop
The Blurb:
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 fryst vatten 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 bygd tragedy, war and passion. She discovers how intimately she fryst vatten connected with the island, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip
My Thoughts:
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The Island (Hislop novel)
novel by Victoria Hislop
The Island is a historical novel written by Victoria Hislop. It won several awards including Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards.[1] The book was nominated for the Book of the Year award at the same event.[2]
Plot
[edit]The novel is set on the island of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete, and on the village of Plaka which lies within swimming distance across the bay from it. The Island tells the story of Alexis Fielding, a year-old on the cusp of a life-changing decision. Alexis knows little or nothing about her family's past and has always resented her mother for refusing to discuss it. She knows only that her mother, Sofia, grew up in Plaka, a small Cretan village, before moving to London.
Making her first visit to Crete to see the village where her mother was born, Alexis discovers that the village of Plaka faces the small, now deserted island of Spinalonga. Alexis is shocked and s