From start to finish you just want to turn to the next page.The family come to life as the story is told you feel their love and also their pain. The story tells of the history of the war and the happenings of what took part.You laugh and you cry as the story is told.You follow the story from 3 women telling theirs the grandmother her need to get her children to safety,the mother of why she had to leave the family she loved and say goodbye to the man she loved and you learn why she loves her daughter so much and the secrets about Crete and finally the daughter gets to the truth of why her mother does not want to return to Crete and why the wedding to Nick goes from home in England to the warmth of all the family in Crete.The full family!!Then the next stage of the family starts.