Patricia Wilson

Escape to Greece in this BRAND NEW sweeping historical read from the author of Island of Secrets. ??? Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Dinah Jefferies!'One for the suitcase - whether real or imaginary. You'll feel you're in Greece as soon as you start reading' - Frost Magazine A letter from the past. A wartime secret buried on a Greek island. A truth that will echo across generations… When Trisha receives an unexpected letter to her Liverpool home, it opens a decades’ old mystery, drawing her back into her family’s forgotten past, the horrors of war, and a small island off the coast of Greece… Eighty years earlier, on the island of Milos, Dora is dreaming of a better life, free from the oppression of the occupying army and, closer to home, the brutal rule of her father, an infamous horse breeder. Then a German cargo ship is bombed in the harbour, killing dozens of the men on board. The islanders trawl the waters for spoilage from the wreckage – finding among the debris a badly injured man, who may just hold the awful truth about what happened. Dora soon finds this man under her care, and it changes her life forever, introducing her to the possibility of love and freedom for the first time… But Dora cannot know, as she nurses the stranger back to health, that her actions will have devastating consequences for her beloved island. Consequences that will last for generations… On the island of Milos, one act of compassion will change a life forever – and leave consequences that last for decades. Praise for Patricia Wilson: 'Full of raw emotion' - Sunday Post, on Villa of Secrets 'This book would for me have been a perfect beach read. Instead it made a great lockdown read as I sat in my garden with a glass of rose, imagining I was on holiday' - Fab After Fifty 'Packed with intrigue, danger and romance, Wilson's passion for the classics and an endless fascination with foraging into the vibrant corners of history, this is a poignant and beautifully written story best read on a sunlounger with a glass of chilled ouzo' - Lancashire Telegraph, on Secrets of Santorini 'We race to the end with our hearts thumping. Full of local colour and tradition this is a little slow to start but certainly builds to unexpected conclusions. Terrific stuff' - Love Reading, on Villa of Secrets

Escape to Greece in this BRAND NEW sweeping historical read from the author of Island of Secrets. ??? Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Dinah Jefferies!'One for the suitcase - whether real or imaginary. You'll feel you're in Greece as soon as you start reading' - Frost Magazine A letter from the past. A wartime secret buried on a Greek island. A truth that will echo across generations… When Trisha receives an unexpected letter to her Liverpool home, it opens a decades’ old mystery, drawing her back into her family’s forgotten past, the horrors of war, and a small island off the coast of Greece… Eighty years earlier, on the island of Milos, Dora is dreaming of a better life, free from the oppression of the occupying army and, closer to home, the brutal rule of her father, an infamous horse breeder. Then a German cargo ship is bombed in the harbour, killing dozens of the men on board. The islanders trawl the waters for spoilage from the wreckage – finding among the debris a badly injured man, who may just hold the awful truth about what happened. Dora soon finds this man under her care, and it changes her life forever, introducing her to the possibility of love and freedom for the first time… But Dora cannot know, as she nurses the stranger back to health, that her actions will have devastating consequences for her beloved island. Consequences that will last for generations… On the island of Milos, one act of compassion will change a life forever – and leave consequences that last for decades. Praise for Patricia Wilson: 'Full of raw emotion' - Sunday Post, on Villa of Secrets 'This book would for me have been a perfect beach read. Instead it made a great lockdown read as I sat in my garden with a glass of rose, imagining I was on holiday' - Fab After Fifty 'Packed with intrigue, danger and romance, Wilson's passion for the classics and an endless fascination with foraging into the vibrant corners of history, this is a poignant and beautifully written story best read on a sunlounger with a glass of chilled ouzo' - Lancashire Telegraph, on Secrets of Santorini 'We race to the end with our hearts thumping. Full of local colour and tradition this is a little slow to start but certainly builds to unexpected conclusions. Terrific stuff' - Love Reading, on Villa of Secrets

Escape to Greece in this BRAND NEW sweeping historical read from the author of Island of Secrets. ??? Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Dinah Jefferies!'One for the suitcase - whether real or imaginary. You'll feel you're in Greece as soon as you start reading' - Frost Magazine A letter from the past. A wartime secret buried on a Greek island. A truth that will echo across generations… When Trisha receives an unexpected letter to her Liverpool home, it opens a decades’ old mystery, drawing her back into her family’s forgotten past, the horrors of war, and a small island off the coast of Greece… Eighty years earlier, on the island of Milos, Dora is dreaming of a better life, free from the oppression of the occupying army and, closer to home, the brutal rule of her father, an infamous horse breeder. Then a German cargo ship is bombed in the harbour, killing dozens of the men on board. The islanders trawl the waters for spoilage from the wreckage – finding among the debris a badly injured man, who may just hold the awful truth about what happened. Dora soon finds this man under her care, and it changes her life forever, introducing her to the possibility of love and freedom for the first time… But Dora cannot know, as she nurses the stranger back to health, that her actions will have devastating consequences for her beloved island. Consequences that will last for generations… On the island of Milos, one act of compassion will change a life forever – and leave consequences that last for decades. Praise for Patricia Wilson: 'Full of raw emotion' - Sunday Post, on Villa of Secrets 'This book would for me have been a perfect beach read. Instead it made a great lockdown read as I sat in my garden with a glass of rose, imagining I was on holiday' - Fab After Fifty 'Packed with intrigue, danger and romance, Wilson's passion for the classics and an endless fascination with foraging into the vibrant corners of history, this is a poignant and beautifully written story best read on a sunlounger with a glass of chilled ouzo' - Lancashire Telegraph, on Secrets of Santorini 'We race to the end with our hearts thumping. Full of local colour and tradition this is a little slow to start but certainly builds to unexpected conclusions. Terrific stuff' - Love Reading, on Villa of Secrets

Escape to Greece in this BRAND NEW sweeping historical read from the author of Island of Secrets. ??? Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Dinah Jefferies!'One for the suitcase - whether real or imaginary. You'll feel you're in Greece as soon as you start reading' - Frost Magazine A letter from the past. A wartime secret buried on a Greek island. A truth that will echo across generations… When Trisha receives an unexpected letter to her Liverpool home, it opens a decades’ old mystery, drawing her back into her family’s forgotten past, the horrors of war, and a small island off the coast of Greece… Eighty years earlier, on the island of Milos, Dora is dreaming of a better life, free from the oppression of the occupying army and, closer to home, the brutal rule of her father, an infamous horse breeder. Then a German cargo ship is bombed in the harbour, killing dozens of the men on board. The islanders trawl the waters for spoilage from the wreckage – finding among the debris a badly injured man, who may just hold the awful truth about what happened. Dora soon finds this man under her care, and it changes her life forever, introducing her to the possibility of love and freedom for the first time… But Dora cannot know, as she nurses the stranger back to health, that her actions will have devastating consequences for her beloved island. Consequences that will last for generations… On the island of Milos, one act of compassion will change a life forever – and leave consequences that last for decades. Praise for Patricia Wilson: 'Full of raw emotion' - Sunday Post, on Villa of Secrets 'This book would for me have been a perfect beach read. Instead it made a great lockdown read as I sat in my garden with a glass of rose, imagining I was on holiday' - Fab After Fifty 'Packed with intrigue, danger and romance, Wilson's passion for the classics and an endless fascination with foraging into the vibrant corners of history, this is a poignant and beautifully written story best read on a sunlounger with a glass of chilled ouzo' - Lancashire Telegraph, on Secrets of Santorini 'We race to the end with our hearts thumping. Full of local colour and tradition this is a little slow to start but certainly builds to unexpected conclusions. Terrific stuff' - Love Reading, on Villa of Secrets

Irini McGuire ble sendt til en klosterskole i Dublin i en alder av fem år, og har alltid hatt et anstrengt og fjernt forhold til moren sin, Bridget, en berømt arkeolog som bor på paradisøya Santorini. Så når Irini får nyheten om at Bridget har blitt skadet under en utgravning og ligger i koma, vet hun at det endelig er på tide å returnere til øya der hun ble født. Når hun leser gjennom morens notater ved sengen hennes, begynner Irini å innse hvor lite hun vet om Bridgets liv. Nå, drevet av rykter om at morens ulykke ikke var noen tilfeldighet, må Irini avdekke de mørke hemmelighetene bak familiens separasjon.Santorinis hemmelighet er forfatterens syvende bok på norsk.

En gripende fortelling om familie, krig og hemmeligheter på solfylte greske øyer. Fra forfatteren av bestselgerne En sommer i Hellas og Min greske familie.1943: Under okkupasjonen av Athen innser Daphne, en ung gresk-jødisk kunstner, at hun er i stor fare. Familien hennes er skrekkslagne vitner til at de tyske styrkene okkuperer byen og deretter iverksetter sanksjoner mot den jødiske befolkningen. Flere jødiske familier blir drevet ut av hjemmene sine og inn på tog på vei mot Polen.Daphne er forelsket i sin østerrikske kunstlærer, og snart må det unge paret flykte fra Athen for å unnslippe hans mektige fetter, som er SS-offiser. De står foran en farefull flukt gjennom Hellas, med et barn på vei og et verdifullt maleri i kofferten.2023: Flora har reist til Korfu etter ektemannens nylige bortgang. Hun flykter fra sorgen ved å male et portrett av sin karismatiske bestemor Daphne, som nærmer seg 100 år. Mens Flora maler, forteller Daphne om sin ungdoms kjærlighet og historien om et verdifullt kunstverk, et mesterverk som ga henne friheten, men som kostet henne alt hun hadde kjært.Mens de to knytter bånd på tvers av generasjoner med sine felles opplevelser av kjærlighet og sorg, avdekker Flora sjokkerende hemmeligheter fra familiens fortid. Og hun får høre alt om reisen som brakte Daphne til Korfu for mange, mange år siden.

I denne hjertevarme romanen – basert på nyere gresk historie – følger vi tre generasjon av samme familie, splittet av krig og hemmeligheter.På den greske øya Kastellorizo må unge Sofía sette sine egne drømmer til side for å hjelpe storesøsteren Maria med hennes stadig voksende familie. Andre verdenskrig truer i horisonten, og søstrene blir snart skilt for alltid ...Olivia er fortvilet etter en vond skilmisse og morens dødsfall. Hun føler seg inderlig ensom, og i håp om å finne ut mer om familien, reiser hun til Kastellorizo sammen med sin grandonkel George. Det var her hennes bestemor Sofía vokste opp, og det var her hennes mor ble født, men stort mer vet ikke Sofía om sin greske familie. Sammen med George begynner hun å grave i familiehemmelighetene, og de blir snart helt oppslukt. Men det er kanskje ikke alle sannheter som tåler dagens lys?

I'll begin with the war, when everything changed for us. In 1943, our comfortable family life came to an abrupt end, thanks to Hitler. During the Nazi occupation of Athens, Daphne, a young Greek Jewish artist, finds her life suddenly under threat. She's in love with her Austrian art teacher, and together they must risk it all to escape his cousin, an SS officer. Pursued across Greece, their journey leads them to the island of Corfu. In 2023 Liverpool, as Daphne's 100th birthday approaches, she knows time is running out to share her story. Daphne tells Flora, her granddaughter, of a valuable piece of art from her youth. A masterpiece which bought her freedom but cost her everything she held dear. Will Flora discover more than she expects as she explores the island her family took refuge on?

Rebecca Neumanneri abielu on karile jooksmas, sest ta soov emaks saada on muutunud kinnisideeks. Kuid siis saabuvad uudised ta võõraks jäänud perekonnalt Rhodoselt. Kutsutud tagasi imekaunile Kreeka saarele, kus asub ta sünnikodu, taipab Rebecca, kui vähe ta teab oma vanaemast, kellest ta juba kümmekond aastat on eemale hoidnud. Rebecca lapsepõlves ei rääkinud Bubba kunagi natsi okupatsioonist, aga alati ringles selle kohta kuulujutte.Milliseid meeleheitlikke samme oli vanaema astunud tol kohutaval päeval 1944. aastal, kui ta perekond lõhki rebiti? Kas kuulujuttudel, et ka vanaema käed on verega määritud, on tõepõhi all? Bubba kavatseb saladused endaga hauda kaasa viia. Ent kui Rebecca Rhodosele saabub, uus elu südame all tuksumas, saab katkine perekond taas kokku.On saabunud aeg rääkida tõtt kõige süngemate päevade kohta ...Menukas Briti autor Patricia Wilson tegutses aastakümneid äris, kuni otsustas varakult pensionile minna ja kolida Kreeta saarele. Seal lõi õitsele tema kirjutamisanne, mille tulemusena sündis järjest mitmeid populaarseks saanud romaane. 2017. aastal sai Wilsoni esimesest romaanist "Saladuste saar" kiiresti Amazoni menuk ning järgnesid veel mitmed saare-romaanid. Tema raamatud saavad inspiratsiooni päriselu ajaloolistest sündmustest, kuid neid vürtsitab autori elav fantaasia. 2021. aasta suvel ilmus eesti keeles tema menukas raamat "Põgenemine Kreetale".

En sommer i Hellas av Patricia Wilson er en fascinerede historisk roman med handling fra første verdenskrig og i dag.1916 Da første verdenskrig bryter ut, melder den 18 år gamle sykepleieren Gertie seg raskt til tjeneste, og hun fryder seg over å bli sendt til Hellas på det enorme sykehusskipet Britannic, som er Titanics søsterskip. Hun ser for seg måneder med sol, blå himmel og kjekke menn, og går lykkelig om bord. Hun er uforberedt på krigens grusomheter. Skipet setter kursen mot Lemnos, men på veien dit skjer det en katastrofe.2019 En dag kommer Summer, en ung dyrlege, over noen eiendeler som har tilhørt oldemoren, Gertie. Hun finner en sykepleieruniform fra første verdenskrig, og lydopptak av oldemorens dagbøker. Mens hun lytter til opptakene, forstår hun at oldemoren har tjenestegjort på et sykehusskip under krigen. Hun får høre om oldemorens hemmelige liv og tragedier, og sakte finner hun styrke til å konfrontere sin egen uhyggelige fortid.

In this emotional novel based on Greece's real history we follow three generations of one family, broken apart by secrets and war, as Olivia travels to the island of her mother's birth to piece together a century's worth of her family's past.On the Greek island of Castellorizo young Sofía must put her big dreams on hold to support her older sister Maria with her large family. But World War II is looming and while the idyllic island may seem far from harm at first, there are unspeakable dangers on the horizon - perils that will change the sisters' lives forever . . .Devastated by her divorce and the death of her dear mum, Olivia seeks solace on Castellorizo. Her Granny Sofía fled the beautiful Greek island during the war, but Olivia knows little else about her family's history. The only link to the Island she has left is her elderly great-uncle George. As his memory begins to fail, Olivia feels her one chance at uncovering the truth about her grandmother start to slip away.As a mother's sacrifice echoes throughout the generations, will Olivia discover some things are best left in the past?

HVOR LANGT ER EN MOR VILLIG TIL Å GÅ FOR Å REDDE SIN DATTER? På Kretas vakre strender går en gresk kvinne rundt og deler ut papirlapper. Sofia, som er 85 år, leter etter en datter hun ikke har sett siden jenta var liten. På grunn av den politiske uroen i Athen da hun vokste opp, ble hun tvunget til å gi fra seg barnet sitt få dager etter fødselen. Nå håper hun på en gjenforening med datteren før det er for sent.Samtidig, i Manchester, leter også Zoe etter barnet sitt. I månedene etter at tenåringsdatteren hennes rømte hjemmefra, har livet falt fra hverandre. Mannen hennes har forlatt henne, sønnen virker fraværende, og hver eneste dag er en kamp. Desperat leter Zoe etter datteren, og hun aner ikke at jenta er på vei til Kreta ...

Could these crystal clear waters hide the secrets of her past?Present dayFor years Shelly Summer has buried herself in her work, trying to forget her past. The only time she feels truly herself is when she's diving in the Mediterranean - the calm and stillness of the clear waters help her forget.Back home, Shelly stumbles across the belongings of her great-grandmother, Gertie Smith including a recording of Gertie's memoirs. As Shelly listens to it, she starts to uncover the secrets of Gertie's past, which might just hold the key to letting go of her own.1916When trainee nurse Gertie Smith signs up for the war effort, she is thrilled to learn that her destination will be Greece. With a head full of blue skies and handsome men, she boards the Titanic's sister ship, the ill-fated hospital ship Britannic. Unprepared for the horrors of war, she heads for the Greek island of Lemnos on a mission to rescue three thousand wounded British soldiers.But tragically, the Britannic never reaches its destination.When rescued, Gertie is taken to the Greek island of Kea, where she meets and falls in love with a Greek fisherman, Manno - but she finds herself torn between him and her duty to an English soldier. Gertie cannot shake the guilt she feels from that tragic night the ship sank and is afraid her past will eventually catch up with her.Escape to paradise this Christmas with an irresistible tale of love and loss.

The new escapist novel from the author of Island of Secrets. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore and Lucinda Riley.'I am Sofia. I am searching for my daughter, born 1st November 1972. Can you help me?'On the beautiful beaches of Crete, an old woman is handing out scraps of paper. Sofia, eighty-five years old, unable to speak, is desperate to find a daughter she has never known. After a tragic childhood in Athens and a soaring career as a singer, the brutal treatment of the man she loved by a tyrannical regime forced her to give up her daughter mere days after her birth. Now she longs to be reunited with her child before it's too late.Meanwhile in London, Zoe is searching too. In the months since the disappearance of her teenage daughter, Zoe's life has crumbled apart. Her husband has left her, her son feels forgotten, and every day is a struggle. But Zoe is desperate to track her daughter down, even if she doesn't want to be found . . . And why not check out The Island Escape Collection, two books in one, consisting of Patricia Wilson's Villa of Secrets and Secrets of Santorini, for more perfect escapist reads. Search B0886JHJG6.

If you love Lucinda Riley and Elizabeth Edmondson, you'll love this perfect summer read from the author of Islands of Secrets and Villa of Secrets.Sent away to a convent school in Dublin at the age of five, Irini McGuire has always had a strained and distant relationship with her mother, Bridget, a celebrated archaeologist who lives on the paradise island of Santorini. So, when Irini receives news that Bridget has been injured at a dig and is in a coma, she knows it is finally time to return to the island of her birth.Reading through her mother's notes at her bedside, Irini starts to realise how little she knows about Bridget's life. Now, driven by rumours that her mother's injury was no accident, Irini must uncover the dark secrets behind her family's separation.Will she discover the truth about her parents and her past before it is too late?What readers have said about Patricia Wilson's Islands of Secrets and Villa of Secrets:'Island of Secrets is a book full of raw emotions, family vendettas, hidden secrets and three very strong women. It's a book I enjoyed very much and one which fans of Victoria Hislop and Debbie Rix are sure to enjoy''So well written and utterly heartbreaking . . . a story that needs to be told''Page-turning, enthralling and heartbreaking by turns''Made me laugh and cry, just couldn't put this book down''A perfect read''Heart-wrenching and heart-warming at the same time''What a thoroughly engrossing book''Written with such depth and understanding'

Drawing on first-hand accounts of action research in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, The Heart of Community Engagement illustrates the transformative learning journeys of exemplary catalysts for community-based change. Practitioners’ stories of community engagement for social justice in the Global South elucidate the moments of insight and transformation that deepened their practice: how to deal with uncertainty, recognize their own blind spots, become aware of what is emergent and possible in the moment, and weave an inclusive bond of love, respect, and purpose. Each successive narrative adds a deeper level of understanding of the inner practice of community engagement. The stories illuminate the reflective, or inner, practice of the outside change agent, whether a planner, designer, participatory action researcher, or community development practitioner.From a shantytown in South Africa, to a rural community in India, or an informal settlement in peri-urban Mexico, the stories focus attention on the greatest leverage point for change that we, as engaged practitioners, have: our own self-awareness. By the end of the book, the practitioners are not only aware of their own conditioned beliefs and assumptions, but have opened their minds and hearts to the complex and dynamic patterns of emergent change that is possible.This book serves as a much-needed reader of practice stories to help instructors and students find the words, concepts, and examples to talk about their own subjective experience of community engagement practice. The book applies some of the leading-edge concepts from organizational development and leadership studies to the fields of planning, design, and community engagement practice. Key concepts include the deep dive of sensing the social field, seeing the whole, and presencing the emergent future. The book also provides a creative bridge between participatory action research and design thinking: user-based design, rapid prototyping, and learning from doing.

Drawing on first-hand accounts of action research in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, The Heart of Community Engagement illustrates the transformative learning journeys of exemplary catalysts for community-based change. Practitioners’ stories of community engagement for social justice in the Global South elucidate the moments of insight and transformation that deepened their practice: how to deal with uncertainty, recognize their own blind spots, become aware of what is emergent and possible in the moment, and weave an inclusive bond of love, respect, and purpose. Each successive narrative adds a deeper level of understanding of the inner practice of community engagement. The stories illuminate the reflective, or inner, practice of the outside change agent, whether a planner, designer, participatory action researcher, or community development practitioner.From a shantytown in South Africa, to a rural community in India, or an informal settlement in peri-urban Mexico, the stories focus attention on the greatest leverage point for change that we, as engaged practitioners, have: our own self-awareness. By the end of the book, the practitioners are not only aware of their own conditioned beliefs and assumptions, but have opened their minds and hearts to the complex and dynamic patterns of emergent change that is possible.This book serves as a much-needed reader of practice stories to help instructors and students find the words, concepts, and examples to talk about their own subjective experience of community engagement practice. The book applies some of the leading-edge concepts from organizational development and leadership studies to the fields of planning, design, and community engagement practice. Key concepts include the deep dive of sensing the social field, seeing the whole, and presencing the emergent future. The book also provides a creative bridge between participatory action research and design thinking: user-based design, rapid prototyping, and learning from doing.

Rebeccas ekteskap er på bristepunktet, og når hun i tillegg får dårlige nyheter fra familien på Rhodos, reiser hun motvillig tilbake til sin barndoms øy. Her innser hun hvor lite hun vet om bestemoren som hun har nektet å ha kontakt med de siste årene. Nå må familien finne sammen igjen, og tiden er inne for å fortelle sannheten om den forferdelige dagen i 1944 da familien hennes ble splittet.

If you love The Island and Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop, you will love this perfect summer read from the author of Island of Secrets.Rebecca Neumanner's marriage is on the brink of collapse, as her desire to be a mother becomes an obsession. Then she receives news from her estranged family in Rhodes. Called back to the beautiful Greek island of her birth, she realises how little she knows of the grandmother she has eluded for over a decade. Bubba has never spoken of the Nazi occupation during her youth, but there have always been whispers. What desperate measures did she take that terrible day in 1944 when her family was ripped apart? Can the rumour she had blood on her own hands really be true? But Bubba intends to take her secrets to the grave. However, as Rebecca arrives on Rhodes, bringing the promise of new life, this broken family must come together. The time has come to tell the truth about the darkest of days . . . What readers said about Island of Secrets:'Island of Secrets is a book full of raw emotions, family vendettas, hidden secrets and three very strong women. It's a book I enjoyed very much and one which fans of Victoria Hislop and Debbie Rix are sure to enjoy' (NetGalley Reviewer)'So well written and utterly heartbreaking . . . a story that needs to be told' (NetGalley Reviewer)'Page-turning, enthralling and heartbreaking by turns''Made me laugh and cry, just couldn't put this book down'Ready for your next incredible read from Patricia Wilson? Island of Secrets is available now. Search 9781785762789.