‘It’s not quite what I had in mind entering my eighth decade’: the London librarian of Lesbos

London to Lesbos: the librarian of Mavrovouni, Ruth Miller. Photograph: Diane Taylor/The Guardian

Where do you see yourself in your 70s? Perhaps on a Greek island, a long way from home with a good book or two.

That’s where Ruth Miller is right now, although there’s a twist to the usual tale.