The Taverna by the Sea - an enchanting travel memoir about a once-in-a-lifetime experience of running a Greek beach taverna for an event-filled summer. From a best-selling writer, this rare account of life on the rugged Aegean island of Karpathos is a light, engaging and amusing read, infused with messages about trusting instincts and taking risks.

"A feel-good book to put you instantly in the holiday mood" - Irini Tzortzoglou, MasterChef champion 2019 and author of Under the Olive Tree

 

"Full of enthusiastic, vivid descriptions of the landscape, tender reminiscences of people. a love letter to the Greek summer" - Kathimerini, Greece

 

"This book has changed forever how I see the tavernas by the sea that we so often visit (and love) while in Greece" - mygreektravellingspoon.com