The Secret Sister

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

For Jonathan, a third generation Greek American who has never set foot in his ancestral homeland, a journey to crisis-ridden contemporary Greece will unleash a century of buried family secrets. Suspended between the sky and the ocean, he will piece together the story of his grandmother Erasmia and her beloved sister Frosso, of how, displaced as children in the Greco-Turkish war of 1922, they grew up destitute and alone in the slums of Athens.

Reviews

"A hauntingly poignant look at the secret lives and memories of those with whom we consider ourselves closest and the ways in which places can be defined for generations by the secrets we keep and the truths we reveal." -- World Literature Today

Author Bio

Born in Athens, Greece, Fotini Tsalikoglou studied psychology at the University of Geneva.a She is the author of many celebrated novels published in Greece, including Eros Pharmakopoios, I Dreamed I Was Well, and I, Martha Freud. Tsalikoglou is currently a professor of psychology at Panteion University in Athens and a regular contributor to the Athens daily To Vima. The Secret Sister is her English language debut.