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Message from Booka Bookshop Oswestry.
BOOKA PRESENTS
VICTORIA HISLOP Those Who Are Loved Join Victoria Hislop, the bestselling author of The Island, The Sunrise, and Cartes Postales from Greece as she talks about her captivating new novel Those Who Are Loved. Athens 1941. After decades of political uncertainty, Greece is polarised between Right- and Left-wing views when the Germans invade. Fifteen-year-old Themis comes from a family divided by these political differences. The Nazi occupation deepens the fault-lines between those she loves just as it reduces Greece to destitution. She watches friends die in the ensuing famine and is moved to commit acts of resistance. In the civil war that follows the end of the occupation, Themis joins the Communist army, where she experiences the extremes of love and hatred and the paradoxes presented by a war in which Greek fights Greek. Eventually imprisoned on the infamous islands of exile, Makronisos and then Trikeri, Themis encounters another prisoner whose life will entwine with her own in ways neither can foresee. And finds she must weigh her principles against her desire to escape and live. As she looks back on her life, Themis realises how tightly the personal and political can become entangled. While some wounds heal, others deepen. This powerful new novel from master storyteller Victoria Hislop sheds light on the complexity and trauma of Greece's past and weaves it into the epic tale of an ordinary woman compelled to live an extraordinary life. We're thrilled to welcome Victoria Hislop back to Oswestry during Independent Bookshop Week to celebrate the publication of Those Who Are Loved. Event Format: Victoria will be 'in conversation' with Caroline Lang from Moreton Hall School. This will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing | | | | Date: Monday 17th June 2019
12.30pm (doors 11.45am) Venue: Wynnstay Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ Tickets: £10 - without book (fully redeemable against a signed copy of Those Who Are Loved) or £20 - with book (includes a signed copy of Those Who Are Loved) | | | | "Those Who Are Loved has been germinating for a decade now, from the moment I first saw the island of Makronisos from the Greek mainland. I was told it was uninhabited, but had been a prison camp for communists. The discovery compelled me to read about the Greek civil war (in which many women played a role). Everyone knows how much I love Greece, but exploring this story has taken me to some new and disquieting places." - Victoria Hislop
BOOK NOW! Don't miss this chance to see Victoria Hislop in Oswestry!
Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee) HERE | | | | |
