Harlot´s Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece - Patricia Volonakis Davis

When Patricia, the Italian-American, marries Gregori, the "gorgeous" Greek, she spends almost two decades in a sometimes tragic, sometimes uproarious pursuit of 'Happily-Ever-After'. In a last-ditch effort to make their relationship work, Patricia moves with Gregori to Greece, where he insists he must be in order to be happy. Once there, she discovers that though she might not save her marriage, she just might save herself. We follow the narrator, as she describes in self-deprecating and side-splitting detail how growing up first-generation, blue-collar, Italian-American influenced her choice of mate, the naiveté of her perceptions throughout their courtship, her hapless, yet hopeful years amongst her new Greek relatives, and her eventual self actualization brought about by the intriguing time spent in her adopted country - Greece. With vivid descriptions of life in modern-day Greece, this memoir is both a tasty treat and an exhilarating sail on the Hellenic seas through xenophobia, dysfunctional family units, religious ravings, obsessive protocols, political disorder,European football, and fabulous food. As the Italians say, Buon Appetito! (Good Appetite!) As the Greeks say, Kalo Taxidi! (Good Voyage!)

Author: Davis, Patricia Volonakis
Publisher: Harper Davis Publishing
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2008-10-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780981915302
Category: Biography & Autobiography : Personal Memoirs
Category: Biography & Autobiography : Women
Category: Travel : Europe - Greece