On the brink of a lifechanging decision Alexis Fielding longs to find outabout her mothers past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to isgrowing u... » 

On the brink of a lifechanging decision Alexis Fielding longs to find outabout her mothers past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to isgrowing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. When Alexisdecides to visit Crete however Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take toan old friend and promises that through her she will learn more. Arriving inPlaka Alexis is astonished to see that it lies a stones throw from the tinydeserted island of Spinalonga Greeces former leper colony. Then she findsFortini and at last hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life thetale of her greatgrandmother Eleni and her daughters and a family rent bytragedy war and passion. She discovers how intimately she is connected withthe island and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip... «