The Echoes of Love by Jenny Ashcroft will sweep you away to the shores of Greece, in an unforgettable story of love, loss and loyalty.
The Echoes Of Love
The Book
On the island of Crete, in the summer of 1936, two young people fall in love… Eleni has been coming to Crete her entire life, so when she arrives in 1936, she believes the long, hot weeks ahead will be no different to before. But someone else is visiting the island that year: a young German man called Otto. And so begins a summer of innocence lost, and love discovered.When, in 1941, the island falls to a Nazi invasion, Eleni and Otto meet there once more. But this time Eleni has returned to fight for her home, and Otto to occupy it. They are enemies, and their love is not only treacherous, but also dangerous. But will it destroy them, or prove strong enough to overcome the ravages of war?
The Author
Jenny Ashcroft is the author of several historical novels, including Beneath a Burning Sky and Island in the East. She previously spent much of her life living in, working in and exploring Australia and Asia, and now splits her time between Australia and the UK. The Echoes of Love is in part inspired by her Greek grandmother’s stories, and is Jenny’s most personal novel to date.
What We Thought
A riveting saga of love, loyalty and betrayal where the reader is kept on tenterhooks until the very last paragraph.
This a story that will stay imprinted in the readers mind, of true love ripped apart by the horrors of war, of betrayal, of passion, and all set against the dark creeping hand of unadulterated sinister evil
The writing is totally absorbing, with characters so perfectly believable to such a degree that the reader can imagine looking directly into their eyes. The result, a reluctance to put the book down until turned the next page.
The Echoes of Love is a novel with that is so well written and historically accurate, is heart breaking, emotional, sets family member, against family member, yet set in amongst all that there is a true and absolute love that fights to survive.
I defy the reader to put this book down once they have read the opening paragraph.
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