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Description
Compelled to fulfill her father's dying wish to find the half-sister he kept from her, Alexia arrives in her father's village of Diakofto on the edge of the Peloponnese. There she discovers a culture she knows nothing about, a country in financial crisis, and an extended family with too many secrets. The Sarinopoulos family has long been marked by tragedy, war, and a shame fanned by idle village gossip. Looming over Alexia's visit and the one trip back to Greece her father had taken twenty-five years earlier is the tragedy of Kalavryta, a Second World War massacre that changed their family forever. Told in alternating voices of Alexia and Nicolai, who each return to Greece to mourn a loss and find solace, Nicolai's Daughters uncovers the secret shame that festers in a family, refusing to heal until the truth is revealed.
Editorial Review
In Stella Leventoyannis Harvey's first novel, Nicolai's Daughters, she explores the legacy of a terrible secret and how the ripples of anger and shame pass through generations to result in three families lost to each other. As Harvey deftly weaves together the three stories of Nicolai, Alexia and Theodora, she skillfully unravels the secrets of the family. With wisdom, patience, and a great affection for her characters, Harvey investigates the theme of what it means to confront a family's prejudices and hidden stories, in order to move away from the horrors of a long-ago past.
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