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"This book will make you laugh and cry and laugh again. I didn't want it to end."—Emma Woolf, author of An Apple a DayThe Best Gifts in Life are the Gifts We Give Ourselves...Eat Pray Love meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding with a sprinkling of Mamma Mia in this unforgettable journey from heartbreak to happiness. One winter, when her love life falls apart, Jennifer Barclay decides on Three Gifts to Self. One and Two are reducing her workload and staying away from relationships. The Third is a month alone on a tiny, wild Greek island. It's a chance to find another kind of contentment, one that comes from holding an octopus in your hands. She decides to stay longer, but just when everything is falling into place again, the strangest thing happens.
About the Author
I grew up in a village surrounded by hills in the north of England and lived in Canada and France. After a few years working back in England I decided to try to fulfill a dream of living on a tiny Greek island, and started writing a blog called OCTOPUS IN MY OUZO, which later became a title of my second book about Greek island life. My first memoir was about South Korea, called MEETING MR KIM. FALLING IN HONEY featured in Heat magazine's Top 5 Books, the Mail on Sunday's You magazine and the Daily Express, and was translated into several languages. I've contributed to Food and Travel magazine, Thomas Cook Travel magazine, Wanderlust online, Skyscanner, The Guardian, CNN Travel online, Blue Wings magazine, Selling Long Haul magazine, The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star, appearing on BBC Radio, Talk Radio Europe, Australian national radio and Korean television.
