One Night Beneath the Lemon Trees

'Wise, compelling and beautiful . . . by the end you feel as if you know the characters as intimately as your closest friends' CHARLIE CARROLL, author of The Lip

Cyprus, 1954. One sultry summer night, a young woman abruptly ends a love affair. It's an impulsive act of revenge but it's one that will reverberate through the lives of everyone involved.

Finsbury Park, London, 1988. Evgenia has just been given the news that nobody wants to hear. She's dying, but there's still time to put things right before she passes away. Her best friend, Emiliana, is burdened with a secret that she's kept for far too long. It's time to confess to her son but he is searching for closure of his own. Around the corner, Melina is lost. Her father has just died of a broken heart and it's all because of her.

Beneath the lies, grief and family secrets, however, waits a truth that can mend the broken parts of all their lives. The truth of what really happened that fateful night beneath the lemon trees.

PRAISE FOR THE MAKING OF MRS PETRAKIS
A heart-warming, heart-breaking story of love, life, family and, of course, baking. -- RUTH HOGAN, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS
An evocative mix of history, food and storytelling. EVENING STANDARD BEST FICTION 2021
This is a charming story about the power of baking and community that can't help but raise your spirits and make you very hungry for a pastry or two! Yours, Editor's Pick

Mary Karras was born in London in 1978 to Greek-Cypriot parents. Growing up she developed a keen interest in the concepts of community, cultural dissonance and belonging, leading her to pursue a degree in English Literature and Language at King's College London.

Since graduating, Mary has worked for several national newspapers including the Telegraph, the Guardian and the Independent.

One Night Beneath The Lemon Trees is her second novel.

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