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Where the Wandering Ends (Paperback, ITPE Edition)
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Where the Wandering Ends (Paperback, ITPE Edition)
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Loot Price R319
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They wondered if they would ever find their way back-back to the
village, back to a life of meaning, back to each other. Corfu,
1946-In a poor Greek community, ten-year-old Marco is perhaps the
poorest of them all. But it wasn't always that way. His grandmother
once worked for the royal family where Marco's mother played
alongside young Prince Phillip himself. Now Greece is on the brink
of civil war, and Marco's mother still clings to the desperate hope
that somehow the royal family will save her own. As the war turns
deadlier, Greece's Queen Frederica takes a defiant stand against
the communists, announcing that she will save her country's most
innocent by opening children's villages. When the communists erect
camps of their own, children are ripped from their mothers' arms;
entire villages are emptied. Young Katerina has been best friends
with Marco for as long as she can remember, cementing their bond by
stealing scraps from her family's table to sneak to him. But when
the communists reach their village, loyalties are tested as
devastating secrets threaten to emerge. Katerina and Marco are
separated just before her family flees on foot. At their final
goodbye, Katerina and Marco promise to find their way back to the
village, and to each other. This haunting childhood vow launches
events that will take decades to unravel. Set among Corfu's
picturesque lanes, hamlets, and villas where kings, villagers, and
saints all walk the same cobblestone paths, Where the Wandering
Ends reminds us of the tenacity of those who have lost everything
and the enduring power of home. "[A] magically crafted story
combining history and mythology." -Heather Morris, New York Times
bestselling author A heart-wrenching yet hopeful story that spans
decades: from post-World War II to early 2000s Stand-alone novel
Book length: approximately 112,000 words
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