North of Ithaka: A Granddaughter Returns to Greece and Discovers Her Roots

by Eleni N. Gage

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The story of one woman's attempt to understand her family's history in Greece.

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North of Ithaka is a nice bookend to the book her father wrote, Eleni. Where Eleni is a dense and compelling story about a mother’s sacrifice during war, North of Ithaka is a heartwarming story of a granddaughter returning to Greece to restore her family’s home. In this book many of the same characters from Eleni are featured, albeit much older.
Like other stories about home restoration, the author writes about the trials and tribulations of restoring a home and how her community rallies to reclaim one of their own.
Overall it felt like a nice conclusion to the book Eleni. If you read Eleni this is a nice way to close the story.
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Didn't get round to reading it before due back!
Tijdens de restauratie van het familiehuis komt de lezer meer te weten over het dagelijkse leven op Ithaka en de familiegeschiedenis van de auteur van wie de grootmoeder tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd vermoord
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Greece

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Genres
Biography & Memoir, Travel, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
920History & geographyBiographies, Genealogy, HealdryBiographies
LCC
E184 .G7 .G34History of the United StatesUnited StatesElements in the populationAfro-Americans
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Reviews
3
Rating
½ (3.67)
Languages
Dutch, English
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Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
8
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