Karytos

<p><em>The Greeks believe that if you lose your way along the Oregano Trail then you are lost in life. I used to think that was a load of rubbish. But now this feeling I have...this hollowness that fills every nerve-ending - am I lost now? </em></p><p> </p><p>Seeking an escape from normality Karrie Hannigan leaves Dublin in 1999 to spend a summer on the Greek island of Karytos leaving behind Joe who has just become her boyfriend. Yet Karrie is determined to find adventure in this far-flung place. Surrounded by new people a job in a popular restaurant and lots of cocktail-fuelled nights out to manoeuvre it becomes hard to keep the relationship going. Add a male room-mate Declan and the old adage can men and women be friends? Especially with little more than a sarong between them. A wild summer follows with entanglements breakups and the ache of lost love leaving her uncertain about her path in life.</p><p> </p><p>Fast forward four years and Karrie finds herself in a controlling marriage on a path she never meant to take. She yearns to escape again. Greece beckons promising freedom and a chance to change direction. Has she the courage to leave and go back to where she last felt found?</p>