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One night in August

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One night in August
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Fifteen years after the novel The Island was published, Victoria Hislop returns to its heroes and resurrects a time that has become a distant past for us. In the late 1950s, a cure for leprosy was created, and a leper colony on the Greek island of Spinalonga off the coast of Crete was closed. Victory over the terrible disease meant the end of separation, which until recently seemed eternal; cured people were finally able to embrace their loved ones. This happened on August 25, 1957. But in the midst of the celebration, shots suddenly rang out... A new grief fell upon the Cretans and changed the destinies of many people. Some were deprived of freedom, others were given it along with the right to a difficult choice: to hate or to forgive.
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