If you love The Island by Victoria Hislop and The Villa in Italy by Elizabeth Edmondson, you will enjoy this perfect summer read. The story started at dawn on the fourteenth of September, 1943. All her life, London-born Angelika has been intrigued by her mother's secret past. Now planning her wedding, she feels she must visit the remote village in Crete where her mother grew up. Angie's estranged elderly grandmother, Maria, is dying. She welcomes Angie with open arms—it's time to unburden her and tell the story she'll otherwise take to her grave. It's the story of the Nazi occupation of Crete during the Second World War, of horror, of courage, and of the lengths to which a mother will go to protect her children. It's also the story of bitter secrets that broke a family apart and of three enchanting women who come together to heal wounds that have damaged two generations. What a read.