Lily And the Lost Boy (2016)
“It must have been that after living three months on the Greek island of Thasos, much of its strangeness had worn off and the island had become home to them. It was he who looked foreign.
He was standing motionless fifty yards or so up the path that led to the acropolis, the ancient stronghold whose ruins lay among a small forest of pine on the crest of a hill far above the coastal village of Limena where they lived. His bandaged right hand rested on a section of the great wall that had once enclosed the three hills around the village. He was glaring fiercely at something behind them. They turned to look.
What they saw appeared to be suspended between the sky and the Aegean Sea, which was pale blue now in midafternoon, though it would change color as the light changed and the day drew toward nightfall. Fishing boats swung gently at anchor, their night’s catch long since delivered to the tavernas and restaurants on the waterfront. A quarter of a mile out beyond the small harbor directly... below them was a tiny island that looked like a stroke of dark green crayon.MoreLess
He was standing motionless fifty yards or so up the path that led to the acropolis, the ancient stronghold whose ruins lay among a small forest of pine on the crest of a hill far above the coastal village of Limena where they lived. His bandaged right hand rested on a section of the great wall that had once enclosed the three hills around the village. He was glaring fiercely at something behind them. They turned to look.
What they saw appeared to be suspended between the sky and the Aegean Sea, which was pale blue now in midafternoon, though it would change color as the light changed and the day drew toward nightfall. Fishing boats swung gently at anchor, their night’s catch long since delivered to the tavernas and restaurants on the waterfront. A quarter of a mile out beyond the small harbor directly... below them was a tiny island that looked like a stroke of dark green crayon.MoreLess
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