The Girl Under the Olive TreeThe Girl Under the Olive Tree
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Book, 2018
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Current format, Book, 2018, , Available now. Offered in 0 more formatsMay 1941 and the island of Crete is invaded by paratroopers from the air. After a lengthy fight, thousands of British and Commonwealth soldiers are forced to take to the hills or become escaping POWs, sheltered by the Cretan villagers. Sixty years later, Lois West invites feisty Great Aunt Pen to a special eighty-fifth birthday celebration on Crete, knowing she has not been back there since the war. Penelope George is reluctant to go but is persuaded by the fact it is the 60th anniversary of the Battle. It is time for her to return and make the journey she never thought she'd dare to. On the outward voyage from Athens, she relives her experiences in the city from her early years as a trainee nurse to those last dark days stranded on the island, the last female foreigner.
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