The Island

by Victoria Hislop | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0755329643 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Nicole_Diver of Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece on 10/28/2013
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Journal Entry 1 by Nicole_Diver from Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece on Monday, October 28, 2013
The story is this:

"The Petrakis family lives in the small Greek seaside village of Plaka. Just off the coast is the tiny island of Spinalonga, where the nation's leper colony once was located—a place that has haunted four generations of Petrakis women. There's Eleni, ripped from her husband and two young daughters and sent to Spinalonga in 1939, and her daughters Maria, finding joy in the everyday as she dutifully cares for her father, and Anna, a wild child hungry for passion and a life anywhere but Plaka. And finally there's Alexis, Eleni's great-granddaughter, visiting modern-day Greece to unlock her family's past."

Interesting, but not so profound as I had expected (my friends used to say that it was really good). Also, the descriptions were quite simple and as a result it was difficult to get into the story. The whole universe created by the writer seemed so fragile! However, reading it is not a waste of time. I hope that the next readers will enjoy it more than I did! :)

Journal Entry 2 by Nicole_Diver at Acropolis Museum in Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece on Monday, October 28, 2013

Released 10 yrs ago (10/28/2013 UTC) at Acropolis Museum in Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece

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