Blogs in March 2024

Thirty-Eight Days of Rain 9th March 2024

“What matters more, your place as a daughter or as a mother?” Androulla is twenty-four and newly married when she learns that she is infertile. In a bid for Cypriot citizenship she is undergoing adoption by her stepfather, and...

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Secrets Under the Sun 28th February 2024

Secrets Under the Sun is a stunning romantic mystery by the sea, from Nadia Marks, author of the bestselling Among the Lemon Trees. The truth will surprise you . . . On the island of Cyprus, in the small...

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Field Rules 28th February 2024

What happens in the field stays in the field. Or does it? After the disastrous way her first archaeological dig ended, graduate student Olivia Sanchez abandoned her dreams of working in the field. Now, thanks to a last-minute teaching...

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A Good Year 28th February 2024

Rural Cyprus, 1925. Despo is recently married, heavily pregnant and deeply afraid. The twelve days of Christmas are beginning – the time when, according to local folklore, creatures known as kalikantzari come up from Hell to wreak havoc. Meanwhile,...

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The People In Between: A Cyprus Odyssey 28th February 2024

A family’s history is shaped by the conflicts during the 1960s and 70s in Cyprus.Kiraz Nora Johansson and her twin brother never knew their mother who died while giving birth. By invitation of a family friend she travels to...

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