Gregory S. Lamb

The People in Between: a Cyprus Odyssey Gregory S. Lamb

The Berlin Wall fell in 1990...
And the Iron Curtain in '91...Yet the Green Line remains, cutting through the heart of Nicosia--the capital city of Cyprus--serving as a reminder of a frozen conflict. When Nora Johansson is invited to tend an artist's gallery in a Cypriot village, she embarks on an adventure to the Mediterranean, where she finds romance with a handsome, easygoing man, who shows her charms of sunny Cyprus, along with its turbulent history--a history that's still in the making, where citizens struggle for a national identity.  Nora's adventure is interrupted when she receives urgent news from her terminally ill father. She returns to the United States to discover that her mother, who died giving birth, had a younger sister who may still live in Cyprus. Nora goes back to Cyprus and initiates a search for her lost aunt, but soon she must choose between continuing the investigation or following her dream of becoming a diplomat.
Through her years of schooling, Nora thinks constantly of her aunt, she longs desperately for her man, and she can't stop dreaming of Cyprus. In time, the relationships she forged in Cyprus earn her a posting to the U. S. Embassy in Nicosia, where she reunites with her lover. Together, the two resume searching for Nora's aunt, uncovering more secrets, secrets that tie them even closer together--in ways they never imagined. Together, they will endeavor to unite a people in this divided country.