Books to read for Greek Islands?
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Books to read for Greek Islands?
Off to the island soon and always love to read good books about the area I'm in. Nothing too heavy or too shallow either , but ones to put you in the picture with your new experiences and enhance the leisure hours....
thank you.
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If you can find it (long out of print) Fionnuala Brennan's book On a Greek Island is a wonderful account of an Irish family's life on Paros in the 70s. She and her husband quit their jobs and took their two children with them to Greece, looking for the perfect island on which to live. The book describes Paros in the days before mass tourism, when even electricity and running water weren't necessities.
I have a treasured copy at home, and believe amazon.com still has used copies for sale.
I have a treasured copy at home, and believe amazon.com still has used copies for sale.
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There was a graphic description of the German occupation and the General's kidnapping and the reprisals on Crete on Joanna Lumley's Greek Oddysey -the new tv series recently.
thanks for some good book suggestions....please keep 'em coming!
thanks for some good book suggestions....please keep 'em coming!
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Tommmo you made a good point here !!
Watching Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey is the best way to prepare a trip to Greece.
She has approached Greece with lots of love and respect, i just love her series. ( found it on you tube)
Watching Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey is the best way to prepare a trip to Greece.
She has approached Greece with lots of love and respect, i just love her series. ( found it on you tube)