It's not difficult to appreciate this beautifully written and thought provoking book. Asprakis has a midas touch with words that is clear.
It is a book that will resonate with a lot of women who have navigated their way through relationships, political opinion ( I still have a few) and family dynamics, not withstanding a good dose of guilt along the way.
The book is written from the perspective of Androulla , a young wife who is desperate to gain Cypriot citizenship, so much so that she has undergoes adoption by her step father. Unknown to the migration department she is actually living with her husband, Giannis, who must shuffle his time as a foreign student between Australia and Cyprus in order to live with her. We follow her story as she learns that she is infertile as a result of a condition polycystic ovary syndrome while dealing with the politics of attaining her visa. We become invested as she attempts to write and become published and remain so until we weep during her ordeal in the final chapters.
A wonderfully executed book which I highly recommend.

¨A story about family and finding yourself when the world around you is unravelling and turn into something you have a hard time to comprehend. I feel like this book was about trying to find oneself. The hard things in life, so to speak.

I can tell that this was a very personal story. That shone through the whole book and that’s admirable.