The Making of Mrs Petrakis: A Novel of One Family, Two Countries - Mary Karras

The Making of Mrs Petrakis: A Novel of One Family, Two Countries - Mary KarrasCyprus in the run up to the civil war of the 1970s the threat of it hangs in the atmosphere like a fine mist. A terrible thing, war. Against this backdrop of war and violence, the island's inhabitants make the best they can of their lives, building friendships, falling in love, having children, watching people die, making mistakes. Maria Petrakis, however, flees a brutal marriage on the island where she has always lived for London and a new start. She

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