Nino's Song

The precarious position of Georgia, its history and the fragility of its relations with Russia and the West are cleverly intertwined with the spell binding personal journey of the British narrator, Leah.

After a disastrous relationship with the charismatic but ultimately deceptive and corrupt David, Leah returns to Georgia to find closure and rebuild her relationship with the country she once loved.

With the fellowship of her Georgian women friends, she attempts to finally understand a culture which she has been driven both to love and hate.

Can the quest for St Nino and her namesake's box of secrets give Leah the answers she needs to understand the place she once had as a woman in Georgia, and the place she now has as a woman in her own world?

Imagine you have a relationship with a beautiful country. A country with stunning scenery, with generous hosts who toast to your beauty, your health, your heart and who sing such songs your soul soars each time you hear them. Imagine how it feels when you realise all is not what you thought it was and imagine what it would be like to try and untangle the reality from the illusion. This is a fictional account based on the author's relationship and experiences of a little known country where the Greek myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece originated and whose customs and practices go back thousands of years. This is a journey through The Republic of Georgia.