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Buy it by clicking on Amazon, Chapters or Iguana Books Set in Crete, Cally's Way will appeal to the readers around the world who visit this blog. Kirkus Reviews calls the novel "accomplished and lyrical," and "romantic," but also "tough-minded" and "harrowing," addressing "important questions like whether it's possible to avoid being implicated in the modern world's sins."
Cally's Way interweaves the 2002 story of Cally, a 25-year old business graduate, with the World War II story of Callisto, her grandmother, who was a runner in the Cretan Resistance.
Cally's mother was born on Crete but has always refused to talk about it. Now she has died, leaving one instruction: that before she starts her first job, Cally should visit her mother's homeland.
On Crete's south coast she meets Oliver, a reticent, very attractive U.S. Army deserter, and a night of love awakens feelings Cally has never known. Then, waiting for her plane in Athens airport, she learns from a television that the company she is about to work for is killing people with water pollution. These two events demolish Cally's fragile equilibrium, setting her on a new, uncharted path, back in Crete, that strips her of even her clothes. It also takes her deep into the mountains on a motorcycle, and into the history of Crete's brutal Nazi occupation, before leading to deep love, a horrific family discovery, and a future she never would have imagined.
Preveli Valley ruin where escaping Allied soldiers hid
Cally's Way is also about the ancient beauty of Crete, where "Aphrodite, ruthless as ebony, old as art, danced a whole sequence of choices above the morning waves."
Bestselling British author Hilary Boyd, who reviewed Cally's Way, likes "the scent of wild thyme on the Cretan hills, the taste of a freshly picked orange, the sweetness of golden honey. Cally, like us, is seduced by it all... but at the same time... we are held in suspense by the island's cruel past."
Early oleander buds near Cally's cave
"One of the most striking aspects of Cally's Way is how the horrors of war have been contextualized within the framework of day-to-day existence," writes Rethymnon Bugle editor Kate Brusten. "The questions posed by Cally's journey of self-discovery are ones any reader will be able to connect with. This book is highly recommended."
"Cally's Way resonates deeply, with surprising connections among the violent and tragic occupations of the Second World War, post-war Communist paranoia and our current occupations and insurgencies," writes Robert Begiebing, award-winning novelist, Norman Mailer Center mentor and Professor of English Emeritus of Southern New Hampshire University, who also reviewed the novel. "A satisfying and revelatory read."
The Dragon's Head in Plakias Bay
You can read the first chapter here.
To see the full reviews, click here.
Chapters in Peterborough, Ontario, has the book in stock. Other bookstores can order it from Iguana Books, the publisher.
Enjoy the book, and then why not post a short review on Amazon or a Goodreads, or right here?
Thanks for your visit,Jane
Buy it by clicking on Amazon, Chapters or Iguana Books Set in Crete, Cally's Way will appeal to the readers around the world who visit this blog. Kirkus Reviews calls the novel "accomplished and lyrical," and "romantic," but also "tough-minded" and "harrowing," addressing "important questions like whether it's possible to avoid being implicated in the modern world's sins." Cally's Way interweaves the 2002 story of Cally, a 25-year old business graduate, with the World War II story of Callisto, her grandmother, who was a runner in the Cretan Resistance.
Cally's mother was born on Crete but has always refused to talk about it. Now she has died, leaving one instruction: that before she starts her first job, Cally should visit her mother's homeland.
On Crete's south coast she meets Oliver, a reticent, very attractive U.S. Army deserter, and a night of love awakens feelings Cally has never known. Then, waiting for her plane in Athens airport, she learns from a television that the company she is about to work for is killing people with water pollution. These two events demolish Cally's fragile equilibrium, setting her on a new, uncharted path, back in Crete, that strips her of even her clothes. It also takes her deep into the mountains on a motorcycle, and into the history of Crete's brutal Nazi occupation, before leading to deep love, a horrific family discovery, and a future she never would have imagined.
Preveli Valley ruin where escaping Allied soldiers hidCally's Way is also about the ancient beauty of Crete, where "Aphrodite, ruthless as ebony, old as art, danced a whole sequence of choices above the morning waves."
Bestselling British author Hilary Boyd, who reviewed Cally's Way, likes "the scent of wild thyme on the Cretan hills, the taste of a freshly picked orange, the sweetness of golden honey. Cally, like us, is seduced by it all... but at the same time... we are held in suspense by the island's cruel past."
Early oleander buds near Cally's cave"One of the most striking aspects of Cally's Way is how the horrors of war have been contextualized within the framework of day-to-day existence," writes Rethymnon Bugle editor Kate Brusten. "The questions posed by Cally's journey of self-discovery are ones any reader will be able to connect with. This book is highly recommended."
"Cally's Way resonates deeply, with surprising connections among the violent and tragic occupations of the Second World War, post-war Communist paranoia and our current occupations and insurgencies," writes Robert Begiebing, award-winning novelist, Norman Mailer Center mentor and Professor of English Emeritus of Southern New Hampshire University, who also reviewed the novel. "A satisfying and revelatory read."
The Dragon's Head in Plakias BayYou can read the first chapter here.
To see the full reviews, click here.
Chapters in Peterborough, Ontario, has the book in stock. Other bookstores can order it from Iguana Books, the publisher.
Enjoy the book, and then why not post a short review on Amazon or a Goodreads, or right here?
Thanks for your visit,Jane
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