{"product_id":"the-island-by-victoria-hislop","title":"The Island by Victoria Hislop","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A moving and absorbing holiday read that pulls at the heartstrings' Evening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe acclaimed million-copy number one bestseller and winner of Richard \u0026amp; Judy's Summer Read 2006. Victoria Hislop tells a dramatic tale of four generations, illicit love, violence and leprosy, from the thirties, through the war, to the present day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArriving in Plaka, Alexis is astonished to see that it lies a stone's throw from the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony. Then she finds Fotini, and at last 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe discovers how intimately she is connected with the island, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"U-turn Online Thrift Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48042960486587,"sku":"B0392","price":54.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/2483\/7819\/files\/IMG_3765_cropped.webp?v=1782993291","url":"https:\/\/shop.uturn.org.za\/products\/the-island-by-victoria-hislop","provider":"U-turn Online Thrift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}