Shirley Kay

For many years SHIRLEY KAY and her family came to the village of Anoyira, Cyprus for holidays and in January 2007 she and her husband settled permanently there. By now the village had changed dramatically. Deserted houses had been renovated, the road widened and greatly improved, the narrow streets also broadened and filled with cars. These and other changes have inspired her to write this book, to record what is left of the ancient life of the villages, which had so attracted her family in the...See more

For many years SHIRLEY KAY and her family came to the village of Anoyira, Cyprus for holidays and in January 2007 she and her husband settled permanently there. By now the village had changed dramatically. Deserted houses had been renovated, the road widened and greatly improved, the narrow streets also broadened and filled with cars. These and other changes have inspired her to write this book, to record what is left of the ancient life of the villages, which had so attracted her family in the first place. The author's daughter, Katty Kay, is the Washington Correspondent for BBC World News America. See less