⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. I listened to One Summer in Crete by Nadia Marks as an audiobook, mainly whilst pottering around in the garden. I love to lose myself in a good story whilst spending time in one of my happy places and I definitely found a great story in this heartwarming book from Nadia Marks.
Calliope (Calli) is a thirty-something young woman who believes her world has ended when a long-term relationship disintegrates and the chances of her having children diminishes. However, after a few months, Calli picks herself up and embarks on a photography assignment on the Greek island of Ikaria. Whilst there, she makes many friends and begins to enjoy her life again. Calli travels from Ikaria to Crete, where her mother is from and where she still has some family. She settles down, making friends on the island and enjoying the relaxing way of life, with dawn swims each morning and many revelatory conversations with her aunt. Could Crete be the place Calli has been searching for and could it become her home?
One Summer in Crete is incredibly focused on family and community, and how Greek people all stick together through good times and bad. By alternating between the past and present, Nadia Marks draws the reader more deeply into the story, creating a world in which it would be so easy to become a part of, the descriptive narrative being incredibly moving and both happy and sad.
This book is so much more than just another beach read. Both thought-provoking and, at times, heart-wrenching, Nadia Marks has written a real winner.
I would recommend One Summer in Crete to those readers who enjoy contemporary romance particularly, if you enjoy, like I do, anything set in a sunny climate, to take you away from the reality of your own lives for a while.
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