Sofka Zinovieff

In 2008 Antigone Perifanis returns to her family home in Athens after 60 years in exile, to attend the funeral of her only son, Nikitas, whom she has not seen since she left him as a baby. His English widow, Maud, is curious about his complicated past. She discovers a heartbreaking story of a young mother caught up in the political tides of the Greek Civil War, and forced to make a terrible decision that would blight not only her life but that of future generations...