Coming home .

[Jeffstclair]

This story from last year made me smile and lifted my spirits .

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-44242621

[paul g]

Brilliant.

[Maud]

Thanks for that Jeff. - What a great story.

[filippos]

Thanks for that, Jeff.

[jackdaw]

Our adopted village - Koukounara, above Kissamos - has several derelict properties that the locals describe as belonging to Turkish people (muslims) who were 'relocated' in early20th century. The properties are untouched since those times. Has anyone read 'Birds Without Wings' by Louis de Berniers? A story that describes the upheavals of that era.

[filippos]

........Has anyone read 'Birds Without Wings' by Louis de Berniers? A story that describes the upheavals of that era.

Yes and a thoroughly good read - entertaining and, in my case, educational about the history of that period.

[Jean]

'Birds Without Wings' by Louis de Bernières?

Highly recommended

[Eleni13]

Definitely. Informative and , as you would expect from this author, touching.

[Kilkis]

I agree it is a good read and paints a picture of the period that can be useful for people who know little of the history of the period but remember it is a novel - don't think of it as a history book.

Warwick

[jackdaw]

I agree it is a good read and paints a picture of the period that can be useful for people who know little of the history of the period but remember it is a novel - don't think of it as a history book.

Warwick

I agree that it is a novel, and accept that the events surrounding the individual characters are fictional. However, I believe that much of it is historically accurate.