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«Her long dark hair fluttered in the wind, and her gait was weary. The boat rocked in the cool waves; all that remained was to climb aboard. And that was it—there would be no return to her old life.» The novel’s heroine, Alex Fielding, wants to learn more about her mother’s past, but she carefully conceals it: all that is known is that she grew up in a small town on the island of Crete and moved to London in her youth. During a trip to Crete, Alex comes to the village of Plaka, where a friend of her mother’s relative still lives. The village is unremarkable, one of many settlements lost in the Greek lands. Mountains, the blue sea, and through this blue, a small island is visible, shamefully concealing its pain. What role did this island play in the lives of her ancestors, and what secrets does this seemingly prosperous life conceal?