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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 The Memory of Tides
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'It is 1941 and Vic Stockton has missed the evacuation from Crete. Behind him lie the bodies of his dead comrades. Ahead lie days hiding from the Germans and a search for safety. Hungry and exhausted, he eventually stumbles upon a monastery whose abbot offers him shelter in an abandoned hut. As he waits and recovers his strength, supplies are brought to him by Kalliope Venakis - a young woman with the beauty and spirit of Crete in her bones, who yet longs for something more than the confining traditions of her village. That same yearning has already compelled her teenage sweetheart, Andreas, to leave for Australia before the outbreak of war, to prepare a new and better life for them together. But in the crucible of war, when all is tested and everything is at stake, bonds can be formed that resonate down a lifetime. As Vic and Kalliope pursue their postwar lives, it becomes clear that what is in the heart cannot always be expressed. Hope may stubbornly survive in the most unlikely places and flourish in the most unexpected of ways...' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To the memory of my mother and father, Nikolaos and Maria, who each fought the battle in their own way.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Fourth Estate , 2006 .
      Extent: 391p.
      Description: illus., port.
      ISBN: 0732280672, 9780732280673

Works about this Work

Skim Peter Pierce , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 November vol. 124 no. 6545 2006; (p. 78)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel ; The Gospel According to Luke Emily Maguire , 2006 single work novel ; The Travel Writer Simone Lazaroo , 2006 single work novel
Deflections of Happiness John Slavin , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 53)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel
The Memory of War Scott Whitmont (interviewer), 2006 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 86 no. 3 2006; (p. 54)
Untitled Scott Whitmont , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 86 no. 3 2006; (p. 41)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel
Epic Tale Lost in the Telling Katharine England , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 1 no. 2 2006; (p. 11)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel
Loukakis's Gentle Page-Turner is Just the Trick Ian McFarlane , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 September 2006; (p. 12-13)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 September 2006; (p. 34)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel ; The Curer of Souls Lindsay Simpson , 2006 single work novel
War and Desire Liam Davison , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 September 2006; (p. 12-13)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel
Epic Tale Lost in the Telling Katharine England , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 1 no. 2 2006; (p. 11)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel
Untitled Scott Whitmont , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 86 no. 3 2006; (p. 41)

— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel
The Memory of War Scott Whitmont (interviewer), 2006 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 86 no. 3 2006; (p. 54)
Last amended 20 Nov 2006 10:01:48
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  • Crete,
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    Greece,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Australia,
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  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
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