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1) The sunrise
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Headline Publishing Group
Language
English
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When a military coup in Greece provokes Turkey to invade Cyprus to protect its people, Famagusta is caught in the crossfire. As the city is shelled, its population flees. Half-eaten meals and washing on clotheslines are abandoned as fifty thousand people, who fully expect to be home again soon, escape. But two families are left behind: the Vassilious and the Kazims.
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Publisher
Headline Review
Language
English
Description
25th August 1957. The island of Spinalonga closes its leper colony. And a moment of violence has devastating consequences. When time stops dead for Maria Petrakis and her sister, Anna, two families splinter apart and, for the people of Plaka, the closure of Spinalonga is forever coloured with tragedy. In the aftermath, the question of how to resume life looms large. Stigma and scandal need to be confronted and somehow, for those impacted, a future...
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