Island Stories - must read 'When the Sun Goes Down'

Maria's short stories now available from Amazon.co.uk as a paperback (above), 

as well as Kindle e-book (below)

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly enjoyable book 20 Feb 2013
By Ofelya
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
A unique writing style that evokes feelings of empathy, deep reflection and observes our world from a very original perspective.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking August 16, 2013
By Maddiegrigg
Format:Kindle Edition
Moving to Corfu for a year, I have been grabbing as much literature as I can about the island. As a previous reviewer has said, this book consists of four short stories, all of them about islands and all very different.
THE EXPLOITATION OF PANOREA will stay in my mind for a long, long time. A modern-day fable, the story is a beautifully written account of what happens when we take our eyes off the prize and let greed take its inevitable course. I do hope the tide can be turned on this particular island. I recommend this book frequently to people I come across. For me, it's a quiet, modest battle cry that starts off slowly and then ends up shouting out that beauty is worth preserving. It's in our hands.


5.0 out of 5 stars Short story brilliance; long-term talent January 1, 2013
By Chris Holmes
Format:Kindle Edition
I declare an interest: I know Maria and to sit and talk to her is an enjoyment separate from the powerful solitary pleasure of reading her. She is the most unwriterly writer i know: talk is talk, writing is writing; she gets the job done.

I still treasure her 'Cat of Portovecchio' as one of the most stunning novels I have read. Barely fiction for the pulses it taps; I live in Corfu and it opened my eyes and heart to my paradise home.

This collection is short stories and her pacing is spot-on. I've worked in the book business and touted short stories by famed novelists who just haven't pulled it off in the challenging discipline of condensing it down.

The PR puff talks of capturing 'the atmosphere and distinctive character of several different islands in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.' Piffle. No 'capture' about it; you are right there. As with the best movie scores, you dont notice the 'capture', you've been transported to the writer's world.

A remarkable collection. If I was handed them in separate sheaves, I'd not spot they were by the same nib. Chameleon brilliance. Mark of a bred-in-the-bone writer. Deserves to be spotted by some alert editorial assistant in one of the major houses and given the international readership Ms Potts deserves, and will achieve.