The figurine [sound recording] / Victoria Hislop ; read by Rose Akroyd.
By: Hislop, Victoria.
Contributor(s): Akroyd, Rose.
Publisher: [Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2024Edition: CD ed. ; Unabridged.Description: 1 sound disc (CD) (11 hr., 54 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. ; in container.ISBN: 9781038661784.Subject(s): Antiquities -- Fiction | Grandparents -- Fiction | Figurines -- Fiction | AudiobooksOnline resources: Click here to access online Read by Rose Akroyd.Summary: Helena spends her childhood summers with her grandparents in Athens in the late 1960s, when Greece is ruled by a brutal military dictatorship under which her grandfather, remote and cruel, serves as a general. As a student, her interest in archaeology is ignited by a Summer spent on a dig on an Aegean island, where love finds her amid the heat and dust. A devastating betrayal - and a desire for revenge - set her on a new path. Sorting through the abandoned Athens apartment she inherits, Helena discovers a hidden hoard of priceless antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a collection? And what was the human cost? Helena's determination to return precious objects to their rightful places sees her journey to a criminal underworld and wrestle with the meaning of home - for the figurine and for herself.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Duration: 11:54:11.
Read by Rose Akroyd.
Helena spends her childhood summers with her grandparents in Athens in the late 1960s, when Greece is ruled by a brutal military dictatorship under which her grandfather, remote and cruel, serves as a general. As a student, her interest in archaeology is ignited by a Summer spent on a dig on an Aegean island, where love finds her amid the heat and dust. A devastating betrayal - and a desire for revenge - set her on a new path. Sorting through the abandoned Athens apartment she inherits, Helena discovers a hidden hoard of priceless antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a collection? And what was the human cost? Helena's determination to return precious objects to their rightful places sees her journey to a criminal underworld and wrestle with the meaning of home - for the figurine and for herself.
Adult.