The Summer of My Greek Tavérna: A Memoir

Synopsis

The story of a man in love with a place, a woman, and a dream. Tom Stone went to Greece one summer to write a novel and stayed twenty-two years. On Patmos, he fell in love with Danielle, a beautiful French painter. His novel completed and sold, he decided to stay a little longer. Seven idyllic years later, they left Patmos for Crete. When a Patmian friend Theológos called and offered him a summer partnership in his beach tavérna, The Beautiful Helen, Stone jumped at the chance-- much to the dismay of his wife, who cautioned him not to forget the old adage about Greeks bearing gifts. Her warning was well-founded: when back on Patmos, Stone quickly discovered that he was no longer a friend or patron but a competitor. He learned hard lessons about the Greeks' skill at bargaining and business while reluctantly coming to the realization that Theológos's offer of a partnership was indeed a Trojan horse. Featuring Stone's recipes, including his own Chicken Retsina and the ultimate moussaka, The Summer of My Greek Tavérna is as much a love story as it is the grand, humorous, and sometimes bittersweet adventures of an American pursuing his dreams in a foreign land, a modern-day innocent abroad.

Copyright:

2002

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780743247719

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks

Date of Addition:

08/11/10

Copyrighted By:

Jeff Ward, Jan Pisciotta, Tom Stone

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs, Cooking, Food and Wine

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.