View fullsize The view from the Kalymnos 'house', sketch by Cedric Flower for Mermaid Singing. View fullsize The 'house' (first floor apartment) on Kalymnos, where Charmian lived when she wrote Mermaid Singing (photo taken 2022). View fullsize Plaque on 'Charmian's house', erected by the Municipality of Kalymnos, 2022 View fullsize Charmian on the Kalymnos waterfront, summer 1955. View fullsize Charmian, George and the children, Kalymnos, summer 1955, View fullsize Charmian and George on Hydra, c. 1957, View fullsize Charmian and George with Sevasti Taktikou, Charmian's mentor in Kalymnian Women's Business, Kalymnos 1954. Photograph by Cedric Flower. View fullsize Charmian with Jason and Shane, Hydra, c. 1958. View fullsize Mermaid Singing, written on Kalymnos during the author's first summer in Greece (1955). View fullsize Charmian at work on the terrace of the Hydra house, c. 1956. View fullsize Charmian in her Hydra house, 1956 View fullsize Charmian Clift (far right) interacts with the baby of Marianne Ihlen, while Leonard Cohen (to Marianne's left) and George Johnston look on. View fullsize Peet Me a Lotus, written on Hydra, 1956-7. View fullsize Honour's Mimic, written on Hydra, set on Kalymnos. View fullsize Walk to the Paradise Gardens, written on Hydra, set in Kiama.