Set in the late 1960s, Mother Land describes life on an Aegean isl&, seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. It is the first-hand account of a Greek boy, born on a Turkish isl&, trying to make sense of the escalating tension between Greek & Turk, Muslim & Christian, mother & father, & reveals with chilling clarity how violence begets violence, in even the most unexpected of people & how, despite anger & exile, reconciliation is possible. Mother Land is a compulsive page-turner & this original, humane & uplifting account keeps the reader`s interest to the very last page, as the adult Dmetri returns to his island home to extract one last story, to unearth one more secret, in the hope of making peace with the past.