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The House on Paradise Street

Pages
335
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

In 2008 Antigone Perifanis returns to her old family home in Athens after 60 years exile. She has come to attend the funeral of her only son, Nikitas, who was born in prison, and whom she had not seen since she left him as a baby.

His English widow is curious to find out why Nikitas was so distressed in the days before his death, and in the process reignites a bitter family feud.

And uncovers the heartbreaking story of a young mother caught up in the political tides of the Greek Civil War and forced to make a terrible decision that will effect the lives of future generations.

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