The Swallows Have Landed

Pack your bags and travel through another colourfully chaotic and humorous patchwork of serendipities and misadventures with this exuberant final book in Jani's Corfiot trilogy.

'Jani writes about Corfu with such candour and affection, even if you have never visited the island, as you read, you will begin to feel the warmth of the sun on your skin, the chill of an iced ouzo in your hands, and the very essence of this magical island.' Angela Rippon CBE

A different life awaits Jani and her family after they reluctantly flee Corfu and endeavour to start their lives from scratch having lost everything. Fortunately Jani can revisit her former career as an artist and all too soon the home shared with her family is turned into a temporary factory, studio and madhouse. An ambition conceived when her children were very young is finally brought to fruition.

Another project, born out of an overheard Greek conversation, quickly follows after Jani and her husband move to a tiny granite cottage in Cornwall; a summerhouse is pressed into service as a studio in which to paint a highly esteemed Royal commission and to write a series of new books, of which this is one...

Some amongst many readers comments:

"Jani does for Corfu what others have done for France and Tuscany."

"I journeyed with you all the way! It made me laugh, it made me envious, it made me cry. I read it slowly, not wanting it to end."

"I've read a few books about life in Greece, but what put this at the top was Jani's beautiful way of writing, the humour that wasn't forced and the honesty as she lets you into her life."

"It made me laugh out loud! I'm dragging out the last few pages as I'll be sad to finish."

"You've done it again! Bravo! .. readers feel the spell that the island has cast over you."

"Beautifully written. The sort of book you can't put down."

"Your books have massively entertained and charmed me."

"The best present I've ever been given."