The Figurine: Escape to Athens and breathe in the Aegean-scented air in the engrossing novel from the much-loved author

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Her grandfather is a stern, formidable man, with a cruel streak that she recognises even at such a young age. When she first stepped off the King George in Kent, Eliza was accompanied by her older sister, Jane, but now she boards alone at the Manor, with no one left to claim her.

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Crushed by failure and surrounded by disappointment, there's nowhere for her to go and no chance of escape.But this family has survived, and slowly green shoots of hope and renewal will grow from the smouldering ruins of devastation. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. Unaware of the political turmoil in the country including the military dictatorship, nor of her strict authoritarian Grandfather’s part in it, Helena just enjoys the sunshine, ice creams and her YaYa (Grandmother). She finds out more about the real person behind her grandfather's facade and hates him even more than she did as a child and gets caught up in investigating an international art heist. In the following weeks, I became addicted to the energy and joy of the Jive, Cha Cha and the Quickstep.

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Julia is the seemingly perfect example of what women in Oceania should be: dutiful, useful, subservient, and meek.Helena’s desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island. This cookie is set by WPML WordPress plugin and is used to test if cookies are enabled on the browser. But when the competition is rocked by a scandal, Kate's forced to switch to a new partner, Aleksis , who is just as devastatingly attractive as Merle – but seems to hate her.

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Along the way, she falls in love with the narrow streets of Athens and the city's big-hearted residents, who show her the murky underbelly of the antiques world - and help her understand the meaning of home. Now, with the police closing in on a suspect and the tabloids hunting their monster, she must confront the secrets and silences that have trapped her family for so many generations. A chauffeur meets her and takes her to their flat where she meets her grandmother, Eleni Papagiannis and her husband the intimidating General. There were challenges: the Waltz needed a strict ‘pose’, a tilt of the head that seemed unnatural to me.Helena's attempt to make amends for some of her grandfather's actions sees her wrestle with the meaning of 'home', both in relation to looted objects of antiquity . Victoria Hislop's One August Night was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller in paperback in the first week of August 2021; T hose Who Are Loved was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller in paperback for four weeks in August and September 2020. It’s the end of their relationship and when she inherits her grandparents apartment she discovers, while clearing it out, evidence that looted antiquities were being used to fund war crimes by the General. Helena’s grandparents live in a very well-to-do area and have a flat decorated with grand furniture and art.

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When Helena inherits her grandparents’ apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship.

I initially wondered why there were scenes from when Helena, our protaganist, was young and spending summers with her Greek grandparents, but I know Hislop's writing and knew it would become apparent and necessary to the story later. Helena’s attempt to make amends for some of her grandfather’s actions will take her on a journey that will captivate the reader. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more - as well as charting Robin's own journey with science - The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Her mother has been estranged from her father for many years, for reasons that become clearer as the story progresses.