Description
Among the Lemon Trees by Nadia Marks is an evocative contemporary novel about love, family secrets and the ways the past can shape the present. Set against the sunlit beauty of a Greek island, it weaves together a woman’s personal crisis and a family history spanning several decades.
Anna believes she has built a happy life with her husband, Max, and their two children. But a shocking revelation shortly before their wedding anniversary leaves her questioning their future. Seeking space to think, she travels to the Aegean island where her widowed father was born. There, a chance discovery of old letters in her aunt’s house uncovers a turbulent family history stretching from Greece in the early twentieth century to Naples at the end of the Second World War. As Anna and her father confront the truths hidden in those letters, Anna begins to understand that healing the present may require her to make peace with the past.
With its Greek island setting, emotional family drama and interwoven timelines, Among the Lemon Trees will appeal to readers who enjoy stories of love, belonging, buried secrets and second chances.
