Jennifer Barclay Books

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Falling In Honey

‘This book will make you laugh and cry and laugh again. I didn’t want it to end’ – Emma Woolf

‘Wholly brilliant… Jen fills every page of her personal journey with sunshine, humour and self-reflection. We were sorely tempted to ditch the job and join her’ – Heat magazine, top five books

One heartbroken winter, I act on my dream of moving to a tiny Greek island. It’s a story of relationships, adventures, swimming, Greek dancing, starfish… a bumpy but beautiful journey into Mediterranean sunshine.

Published in the UK (2013), US & Canada, Bulgaria, Poland and Latvia, and in audio. #1 bestseller on Amazon in Books on Greece

‘Made me want to run away to a Greek island’ – Helena Frith Powell

‘Through exquisite descriptions and very honest revelations soon she’s not the only one falling head-over-heels. One-way ticket to Greece anyone?’ – Wanderlust magazine, four star review

‘Savor her splendid story and find the inspiration to give yourself a gift that might change your life’ – Huffington Post

‘It’s about taking risks, and being true to you.’ – Maria Karamitsos

‘I loved every bit of it…’ – Claire

‘Reading your book was one of the reasons I have resigned from my teaching post’ – Richard

‘One of the best books based in Greece ever’ – Ann

‘This book is absolutely amazing!’ – Sintija, Latvia

‘It just grabbed me and I could not let it go’ – Tzvetelina, Bulgaria

‘Absolutely loved it! Very inspiring and gave me so much to think about’ – Liz

‘Honest, witty, moving and life-affirming’ – Diane

‘I smiled and laughed and cried… A beautiful, moving and inspiring book’ – @WelshGrecophile

‘Prepare to be left in shivers and blanking out for a while after finishing this book because it stays with you, carves a spot into your psyche and refuses to leave you’ – Zee

‘I hadn’t felt the heat of a Greek island rising from the pages since I read Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals’ – Antonia

‘I couldn’t put it down once I started reading, then had to read again more slowly.’ – Jenny

‘It’s honest and forthright and most of all – like the best books the world over – it’s a brave book’ – Steve Haywood

Featured in the Daily Mail, Woman’s Own, Mail on Sunday ‘You’ magazine, Daily Express

Excerpt:

Manolis finds a starfish: a fat red one, barely moving, though when I hold it in my hand it puts its feelers out ever so gently. I hold it carefully for a while and then drop it and watch it float slowly down to the sea bed. Ten minutes or so later, I swim back to where I dropped it and see that it fell upside down and is still ever so slowly turning itself back the right way up. I wonder if that’s what’s happening to me.