Just after 5pm in The Club on Tuesday, 13th July 2021, Victoria Hislop joins Bex all the way from Greece to chat about her new book, Marias Island.
It’s all about the tiny deserted island of Spinalonga.
The absorbing story of the Cretan village of Plaka and the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga – Greece’s former leper colony – is told to us by Maria Petrakis, one of the children in the original version of The Island.
She tells us of the ancient and misunderstood disease of leprosy, exploring the themes of stigma, shame and the treatment of those who are different, which are as relevant for children as adults.
Gill Smith’s rich, full-colour illustrations will transport the reader to the timeless and beautiful Greek landscape and Mediterranean seascape.
