When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter, Miriam, safe is to send her away - even if it means never seeing her again.

I could only read the first couple of hours.

The series premiered on 11 October 2010 …

After the death of their father,his three daughters have to confront the wealthiest man in their village(Doukas), who wants to buy their fields. Set in the deep countryside of northeast Nigeria, this is a brutal story of incarceration, horror, and hunger; a hair-raising escape into the manifold terrors of the forest; and a descent into the labyrinthine bureaucracy and hostility awaiting a victim who returns home with a child blighted by enemy blood. ISBN-13: 9780061340321 Summary The Petrakis family lives in the small Greek seaside village of Plaka. The adaption of the best-selling novel, "The Island", by Victoria Hislop. But even in this terrible and gloomy setting there is enough room for human hope, enthusiasm, friendship, and love.

Eleni and Konstantinos who hate each other are forced to live under the same roof awaiting the trial which will determine the ownership of the house. So begins Girl, Edna O’Brien’s harrowing portrayal of the young women abducted by Boko Haram. The Island Victoria Hislop, 2005 HarperCollins 480 pp.

a good book about multigeneraltional greek life and leprosy. From the best-selling author of The Beekeeper’s Promise comes a gripping story of three young women faced with impossible choices.

Audrey Niffenegger. Daily Mail, “Gripping… carries real emotional impact.”

Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble.

The French gendarmes, under Nazi order, arrest the boys and take them to the Vélodrome d’Hiver - a massive, bleak structure in Paris where thousands of France’s Jews are being forcibly detained.

Victoria Hislop’s first novel The Island is an international bestseller. Her charismatic Newfoundlander husband Thomas is still missing in action.

With the city occupied by the Nazis, three young seamstresses go about their normal lives as best they can. Kathleen Gati, By:

The characters are predictable and cardboard - and the writing has no concept of nuance and understatement. But that can be life .......... You want it all to end well. Title: Prague, 1939.

It has similarities in that it is based the same geographical area, this time Crete, and is told over many decades of the 20th century. How will history - and their families - judge them? But now police Chief Inspector Sigrid Ødegård has to leave her native Norway and actually go there - to that land across the Atlantic where her missing brother is implicated in the mysterious death of a prominent African-American academic.

©2005 Victoria Hislop (P)2006 Headline Audiobooks, By: I feel it taught me something as well as entertained me. Sigrid is plunged into a United States where race and identity, politics and promise, reverberate in every aspect of daily life. She finds her mother's friend, Fortini, and hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life: the tale of her great-grandmother, Eleni, and her daughters, and a family rent by tragedy, war and passion. All rights reserved.

By: "I was a girl once, but not anymore."

Maybe I’d have enjoyed the story more if I had read it myself. Add the first question. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31.

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Julia Whelan, Completely Gripping and Emotional Historical Fiction, By: Jacob and Moses Stein, two young Jewish brothers, are staying with their aunt in Paris amid the Nazi occupation. The Sunday Express, “Hislop’s deep research, imagination and patent love of Crete creates a convincing portrait of times on the island.”

So, when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically.

Seventy years later, after the death of Ingrid in her adopted country of Canada, her son, Arnold, finds a disturbing letter in her belongings. The locations are beautifully discribed.

Evening Standard, “Passionately engaged with its subject”

But before the Steins can reunite, a great and terrifying roundup occurs. The Island is a heartwarming family drama – sad, but also inspiring, uplifting, and hopeful.

Observer, A rich narrative, awash with authentic detail”

The Island is a historical novel written by Victoria Hislop. By:

It doesn't help that it sounded like it was being read by a slightly passionless newsreader ... sorry! View production, box office, & company info.

When Alexis decides to visit Crete, however, Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take to an old friend, and promises that through her she will learn more. Lefteris begins to like Papadimitriou and understands that his mother loves him and wants them to live together.

It's a very moving book with a sympathetic narration that carries the listener along.

And you learn a lot about an illness that in those days we knew little of. Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Adrienne Chinn, Narrated by: Wendy Holden. Susan Elia MacNeal, Narrated by: By: Fiona Valpy, Narrated by: The residents of Plaka feel the ferocity of the intruders first hand, as they occupy the village and enter their homes and seizing their supplies. Nicola Barber, By:

I can press play and get lost for a short time. Use the HTML below. Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Paris, 1940. Her brother's best friend, Lane is the handsome, ambitious son of Japanese immigrants.

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$14.95 a month after 30 days. You get sucked into the island and story and the way of life. It was selected for the Richard and Judy Summer Read, and won Victoria the “Newcomer of the Year” Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007.

"At last, a beach book with a heart." Looking for something to watch? Daily Telegraph, Since 2013, Victoria has been an ambassador for Lepra, Lepra work to improve the lives of those affected by diseases like leprosy.