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Item Details
Title:
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THE ISLAND
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By: |
Victoria Hislop |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0755329643 |
ISBN 13: |
9780755329649 |
Publisher: |
HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP |
Pub. date: |
10 April, 2006 |
Pages: |
496 |
Description: |
THE ISLAND won Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006, and was the Sunday Times number one paperback for eight weeks |
Synopsis: |
The million-copy number one bestsellerOn 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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UK |
Imprint: |
Headline Review |
Prizes: |
Winner of British Book Awards: Newcomer of the Year 2007
Short-listed for British Book Awards: Book of the Year 2007 |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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