Parikiaki and New Book Based on Real Experiences of Families Forced to Leave Cyprus in the 1950s
303 Article sourced from Cyprus Mail Hello and welcome to this week’s post which may look like a deja-vu (well, it actually just might be!) and another newspaper feature in the Parikiaki — one of the most popular Greek Cypriot newspapers in the UK. I was sitting up in bed reading one night and my […]
Cyprus Mail and Living To See a Better Tomorrow
260 Feature article by Alix Norman, Cyprus Mail Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post which is a particularly happy one for me personally. My book, The Summer Will Come, has been featured in the Cyprus Mail! To say it has been an absolute whirlwind of an experience is an understatement. Alix Norman, Chief […]
The Summer Will Come Book Excerpt
274 by Soulla Christodoulou This is a short excerpt from a school scene in the village of Kato Lefkara, the home of Elena, her twin brother Andreas and their mother Evangelia. I’ve chosen to share this with you as it shows the children’s innocence and excitement about moving to London. “It was the day of […]
Excerpt…The Summer Will Come – 25th March 2018 release date.
31 During the troubles in Cyprus, in the 1950s, many school children were caught up in the hype of achieving Enosis (unity) with Greece. Too young to be swear their allegiance to EOKA – the main group behind the fight – they often bunked school and planned their own crude attacks on the British military […]
Extract from The Summer Will Come: Doomed…like the journey of Odysseus
18 ‘It’s doomed. It’s doomed,’ repeated her yiayia over and over under her breath but loud enough for Elena to catch. ‘Doomed…like the journey of Odysseus…oh Lord be with us and keep us safe.’ She pulled her black head scarf around her and crossed herself. ‘Stop it,’ said Evangelia. ‘You’re going to scare the children. […]