Aphrodite's Island /
by Green, Hilary [author.].
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BookPublisher: Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2022Description: 318 pages (large print).ISBN: 9781004100187 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): E.O.K.A. (Cyprus) -- Fiction | Cyprus -- History -- British rule, 1878-1960 -- Fiction | Cyprus -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction | Large type books | Saga | Generational sagasSummary: ONE LETTER CAN CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIFE. Cressida thought she knew her family's history, but when she finds a box of old love letters, it makes her question everything. Cyprus, 1955. 17-year-old Ariadne is in love with young British National Serviceman, Stephen Allenby. But her family are deeply involved with an organization campaigning for a union with Greece, and do not approve. It's only a matter of time before Stephen is sent back to England, leaving Ariadne pregnant and alone. Cyprus, 1998. Forty-three years later, Cressida goes to Cyprus to recover from the double trauma of her mother's death and the desertion of her boyfriend. She wants to find out why her father disappeared from her life when she was six, and she's convinced the island holds the answers.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Large Print - Adult | Maghull Library | Large Print Adult Fiction | Available | 003083827X |
ONE LETTER CAN CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIFE. Cressida thought she knew her family's history, but when she finds a box of old love letters, it makes her question everything. Cyprus, 1955. 17-year-old Ariadne is in love with young British National Serviceman, Stephen Allenby. But her family are deeply involved with an organization campaigning for a union with Greece, and do not approve. It's only a matter of time before Stephen is sent back to England, leaving Ariadne pregnant and alone. Cyprus, 1998. Forty-three years later, Cressida goes to Cyprus to recover from the double trauma of her mother's death and the desertion of her boyfriend. She wants to find out why her father disappeared from her life when she was six, and she's convinced the island holds the answers.
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