The Island

Crete. Historical fiction. A young woman returns to Crete to uncover her mother’s past, and her connections with the island off the coast to which those suffering from leprosy were banished. Family sagas, secrets, stigma and broken relationships set against day-to-day cretan life, war and German occupation. A story about how fear and ignorance lead to cruelty, how society treats those in need and what we will do for those we love.