"The island" by Victoria Hislop
The Island by Victoria Hislop
This book starts with Alexis's story. She tries to find out her mother's past. Her mother,
Sofia, had never told her about her past and grandparents. Now, Alexis decided to find out it by
herself, and her mother gave her a letter, which she must carry to her old friend, Fotini. Alexis
travelled to Crete, village name Planka. Fotini was an old woman and she had pleasure to told her
a life-story of so many generations.
She started telling Eleni story. She was Alexis's great grandmother. Eleni got leprosy. It
was a disease, what had no cure at this far. All people, who had leprosy, were sent to a leper
colony to Spinalonga. In this colony life wasn't so bad as people were expecting. However, they
were like prisoners there. On this island, those who went there, they died there although. But they
had a school, a church. Eleni got two daughters Anna and Maria. They were little, when their
mother...
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