My review -
This
is a story steeped in the recent history of Thessaloniki. Katerina came there
as a small girl, a six year old refugee, accidentally separated from her mother
and younger sister. She's taken in by another family, a woman and her twin
sisters, also fleeing to safety. Katerina dreams of finding her birth mother.
She shows a great talent for needlework and the book weaves the thread of her
life with the lives of other families in the same street. It covers the two
world wars and the rreek civil way.
I
found the story, as I always do with Victoria Hislop's books, an education and
an eye-opener. I always feel they are superbly researched but the learning is
worn lightly. The story and the characters carry the book over a foundation of
historical accuracy. It astonished me to learn that so recently, the married
women were powerless against the wishes of their husbands and women couldn't
vote. Above all, this is a good story which I heartily recommend.
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