This fair condition paperback was donated to the Cameo Café bookshelf by an anonymous donor.

From the back cover:- "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. In this way Sofia discovers the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga-Greece's former leper colony and finds out how it is vitally entwined in her family history."

I read and very much enjoyed another copy of this book several years ago.

Update May 2017-this book has been part of our library for some time but is now being released to make room for new titles.

This book was given to goldenwattle when we met for tea and a chat today. She will probably re-release it soon as she hasn't got enough space to carry too many books around, Happy travels to them both and I hope the book finds someone who enjoys the book as much as I did.


To the finder:-
Welcome to bookcrossing -you have found a travelling book. Please make a journal entry now to say where you found the book in case it has been moved. Then, when you have read it, please come back and make a further entry saying whether or not you enjoyed the book and why. It is now yours to do as you like with it, pass it to a friend or just leave it somewhere different for someone else to find and help it with its' journey. Of course if you can't bear to part with it at the moment then keep it, but please let me know that you have found it. If you join bookcrossing, which is free and spam-free, you can follow the book on its' travels as you will get an email each time it changes hands, but if you prefer to remain anonymous, that's fine too. Please also say what you intend to do with the book next. Thanks for coming onto the site to let me know you have found the book.

I already have books travelling in many countries around the world-a list can be found on my bookcrossing profile.

When re-releasing this book please be aware that airports are not a good place to leave books unless they have a specific book exchange shelf or area, due to security problems, so they may well just be disposed of. Also charity shops may well discard books that have been labelled in any way and they mostly chose only the books in the very best condition
to place on their shelves and discard the rest-so another bad release option.

Given to me by daffodil-2. I enjoyed the chance to meet, and thank you for the coffee. I will attempt to find a good place to leave this book.

Left in a sealed plastic bag against the weather, on a bench outside the Nelson Head Hotel in Horsey, Norfolk, UK.

If you take this book the previous readers would really appreciate if you could please log your find. That way we can all follow the book's journey. Bookcrossing is spam free and your details are private, or you can log the find anonymously. Thank you and enjoy the read.


To the finder, enjoy, and I hope you will write a journal entry so that previous readers will know that this book has been found (even anonymously). It is always a joy to find where it has gone. Once you've read this book, pass it on to a friend, or set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find as you did.
You can remain anonymous but if you are interested in joining please consider using - Goldenwattle as your referrer.
When you pass this book along, please make a release note to let others know where you left it. Thank you.
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