Three lost souls arrive in Athens, each escaping from something, each looking for something, never dreaming they will find each other, their lives intersecting in unusual ways that will have far-reaching, long-lasting effects for all of them. Rebecca, a gifted artist arrives in Athens from rural France to learn how to live in her own skin and to work on her art, hoping to assemble a portfolio to bring back to Paris. George’s love of ancient languages has brought him to Greece, his social skills lacking in spite of his New England prep school education. Henry is an archaeologist digging up the past, drinking too much, never considering his own future. As the three forge tentative friendships and love relationships, they slowly begin to live that summer, only to have a tragedy befall them, one that has surprising effects on everyone and change things in ways no one could have foreseen. Almost ethereal in its telling, Van Booy explores love, loss, the loss of love and the loss of oneself as he reveals things in all of us that we’d rather not see and the surprising places we find ourselves. Kaleidoscopic in nature, the story reveals itself a little at a time, surprising at each twist and turn. Sultry in nature, the steamy Greek Isles set off this story of love and self perfectly.
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