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Summer in Greece

Escape to paradise this summer with the perfect romantic holiday read

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Summer in Greece

By: Patricia Wilson
Narrated by: Mira Dovreni
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Present day

For the last twenty years, Summer has lived a solitary life, focusing on her career as a vet and trying not to think of the past. Every year she escapes for a few weeks to beautiful Greek islands, losing herself in photography and wreck diving.

When the junk room of her clifftop cottage is cleared to accommodate a carer for her father, Summer stumbles across the belongings of her great-grandmother, Gertie Smith. She finds a WWI nurse's uniform, a soldier's blanket, and a recording of Gertie's memoirs. As Summer listens to it, she learns about her great-grandmother's secret life, and might just find the strength to let go of her own tragic past.

1916

When eighteen-year-old nurse Gertie Smith signs up for the war effort, she is thrilled to learn that her destination will be Greece. With a head full of blue skies and handsome men, she boards the Titanic's sister ship, the hospital ship Britannic. Unprepared for the horrors of war, she heads for the Greek island of Lemnos on a mission to rescue three thousand wounded British soldiers.

The Britannic never reaches its destination. Gertie, who disobeyed her orders, blames herself. She is sent to the Greek island of Kea, where she meets and falls in love with a Greek fisherman, Manno - but she finds herself torn between him and her duty to an English soldier, and all too soon her past catches up with her. 20th Century Contemporary Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Women's Fiction Greece War Solider
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I have enjoyed this book, but a little less than others by Patricia Wilson. It is too far fetched in places, so that detracted slightly from the enjoyment. Overall a very good listening. She is definitely an author I will continue listening to

very good

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Pure escapism that I enjoyed whilst on holiday in Greece! Really interesting historical details of HMHS Britannic.

Loved it!

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storyline from start to finish with some great characters and antics within the book. The narrator was very good at using different voices for the characters.

A lovely....

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I am slowly making my way the Island of secrets series by Patricia Wilson and this may even be the best one so far. The story is told through the eyes of Shelley a vet in the present day and her grandmother during the first world war focusing on their families, love and those they have lost. Although it goes back and forth it was so easy to follow and there were so many twists and unexpected events it kept me revited.

Simply amazing

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Absolutely lovely story, so emotional and thought churning, bring together history and romance, this is a must read, and I look forward reading more from this author

Brilliant

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