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Literature & Fiction

The Girl Under the Olive Tree

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The Girl Under the Olive Tree

Back in 1941 the Greek island of Crete is captured by the Germans and the lives of two very different women are changed forever...

Sixty years after the invasion of Crete, Lois West and her young son, Alex, invite feisty Great Aunt Pen to a special eighty-fifth birthday celebration on the island, knowing she has not been back there since the war.

Penelope Georgeâ€”formerly Giorgidiouâ€”is reluctant to go but it is time for her to return and make the journey she never thought sheâ€™d make. On the outward voyage from Athens, she relives her experiences in the city from her early years as a trainee nurse tending the wounded and dying, one of the few foreign nurses left on the battlefield.

When word spreads of her visit, and old Cretan friends and family come to greet her, Lois and Alex are caught up in Penelopeâ€™s epic pilgrimage and the journey that leads her to a reunion with the friend she thought she had lost foreverâ€”and the truth behind a secret buried deep in the past.

Country	USA
Author	Leah Fleming
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Simon Schuster UK
EAN	9780857204066
Feature	Simon Schuster UK
ISBN	0857204068
Label	Simon & Schuster UK
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster UK
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	464
PublicationDate	2016-05-03
Publisher	Simon & Schuster UK
ReleaseDate	2016-05-03
Studio	Simon & Schuster UK

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