Akin to Love - Softcover

Drinkwater, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755102851 ISBN 13: 9780755102853

Publisher: House of Stratus, 2001

Synopsis

Steeped in mystery, suspense and the vibrancy of the Mediterranean, Akin to Love is a romantic drama, a powerful tale of bitter regrets, passion and betrayal. Penny Morrison is a glamorous international star. She has written a film script which is a guaranteed success. The story is a thinly disguised retelling of her youthful relationship with the painter Harry Knowle, a man she met when she was a struggling actress visiting Crete as a backpacker. There she fell in love with Harry and discovered romantic Greece as well as the dark side of the dictatorship. When the film star Penny returns to Crete to shoot she once again finds herself under the spell of the mysterious island. And when her past catches up with her present she is forced to confront a memory long hidden even from herself.

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About the Author

Carol Drinkwater trained at the Drama Centre, London, and has had an extensive theatre career. She was a member of the National Theatre under the direction of Lord Laurence Olivier, was awarded the Edinburgh Festival First Fringe Award for her work with a young experimental group and has starred in London's West End on many occasions. Her most recent stage appearance was with Julie Christie in Harold Pinter's Old Times. Carol's television credits are numerous and she is most famous for her role as Helen Herriot in the series All Creatures Great and Small, which was voted Britain's top drama series of all time. Her many cinema appearances include Stanley Kubrik's A Clockwork Orange. Alongside her acting career Carol has a flourishing career as a novelist and screenwriter. Her first novel, The Haunted School, was made into a family mini series and won The Chicago Film Festival Gold Award for Children's Films. As well as her children's books Carol has had published several love stories and a thriller. Her books are translated into seven languages. She lives in London and Provence where she has an olive farm.

About this edition

• Publisher: House of Stratus
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0755102851
• ISBN 13: 9780755102853
• Binding: Paperback