Why a Booktrail?
1960s, 1970s: A coming of age story in Athens and Crete with a difference (sequel to The House of Dust and Dreams)
Heavenly’s Child
What you need to know before your trail
He was the one man on the island she shouldn’t fall in love with.
It is the late 1960s and angel and her friend Chris are enjoying the long sunny days on the island, running wild on the beaches and the mountainsides.
However tragedy soon strikes at the very heart of Angel’s family and so she and Chrissi plan to run off together. But for two young girls living in such a dangerous time, this may not be the best idea…
Travel Guide
This is the story of how it must have been to live in the Greece of the Colonels. In the house of dust and dreams we experienced the war, in this book, the years of the ‘Junta’.
A small mountain village in Crete is the main setting of this story as is the capital city of Athens and together they provide quite the view of life under the Colonels during the Greek Military Junta of 1967 – 1774.
Whilst the view from Athens is interesting, it’s the experience of the villagers that shines through, telling us of what the war meant for them, what it did to those not on the mainland and how they doped with the horrors unfolding.
Sometimes, life goes on in these communities and its in the innocent moments such as when the girls are chatting and playing or when we catch a glimpse into life in the caves of Crete that the true realisation of the horrors of the war really resonate. War is ongoing elsewhere but for these people, this is their reality and it contrasts with the horrors around them. The brutality of war seems all the more horrific when viewed through their eyes.
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