Eleni
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4.9 • 8 Ratings
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
A son's quest to avenge his mother's murder.
In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil War. Her crime had been to help her children escape from the Communist guerrillas who occupied their village. Her son, Nicholas Gage, was then eight years old. Eleni is the story of his obsessive and harrowing reconstruction of his mother's life and death and his pursuit of his mother's killer.
Customer Reviews
Elena
This is one of the best books I have ever read! Whenever I feel that life is being a bit hard on me, I think about what this one woman’s trials & tribulations were. Everything thing that Eleni did was for her children & the world she lived in is nothing compared with the society as we know it today. A truly amazing read!
Ms Cathy
A heartbreaking account of the tragedy that happened in Greece. Whilst it was very emotional and at times hard to read, I am glad that I have made that journey with Nicholas.
The brutality of war especially Greek against Greek was unbelievable at first. I had to ask my eighty six year old aunty if these atrocities were true? She said that both sides committed unspeakable horrors during the civil war.
I recommend to every person of Greek
Origin to read the book
It is also exceptionally well written bringing the story to life
A page turner I could not put down
I spend long hours reading it.
Finally I would like To say toNicholas how sorry I am that these horrors happened to his mother Eleni