Gavdos: a remote island south of Crete, the southernmostpoint of Europe, surrounded by an endless expanse ofsea. To Oksana, who has come from Ukraine with her friendsto recover from illness in the aftermath of Chernobyl, itseems like a dream to live in a blue-and-white housewith a lemon tree. To Penelope, a Greek woman, it is a kind of prison.