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They wondered if they would ever find their way back-back to the
village, back to a life of meaning, back to each other. Corfu,
1946-In a poor Greek community, ten-year-old Marco is perhaps the
poorest of them all. But it wasn't always that way. His grandmother
once worked for the royal family where Marco's mother played
alongside young Prince Phillip himself. Now Greece is on the brink
of civil war, and Marco's mother still clings to the desperate hope
that somehow the royal family will save her own. As the war turns
deadlier, Greece's Queen Frederica takes a defiant stand against
the communists, announcing that she will save her country's most
innocent by opening children's villages. When the communists erect
camps of their own, children are ripped from their mothers' arms;
entire villages are emptied. Young Katerina has been best friends
with Marco for as long as she can remember, cementing their bond by
stealing scraps from her family's table to sneak to him. But when
the communists reach their village, loyalties are tested as
devastating secrets threaten to emerge. Katerina and Marco are
separated just before her family flees on foot. At their final
goodbye, Katerina and Marco promise to find their way back to the
village, and to each other. This haunting childhood vow launches
events that will take decades to unravel. Set among Corfu's
picturesque lanes, hamlets, and villas where kings, villagers, and
saints all walk the same cobblestone paths, Where the Wandering
Ends reminds us of the tenacity of those who have lost everything
and the enduring power of home. "[A] magically crafted story
combining history and mythology." -Heather Morris, New York Times
bestselling author A heart-wrenching yet hopeful story that spans
decades: from post-World War II to early 2000s Stand-alone novel
Book length: approximately 112,000 words
In this "engrossing peek into a little-known chapter of World War
II, and one family's harrowing tale of finding the lost pieces of
its own history" (Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author
of Liar Temptress Solider Spy), a woman sets out to track down the
descendants of the Jewish family her grandmother helped hide
seventy years earlier. Yvette Manessis Corporon grew up listening
to her grandmother's stories about how the people of the small
Greek island Erikousa hid a Jewish family--a tailor named Savvas
and his daughters--from the Nazis during World War II. Nearly 2,000
Jews from that area died in the concentration camps, but even
though everyone on Erikousa knew Savvas and his family were hiding
on the island, no one ever gave them up, and the family survived
the war. Years later, Yvette couldn't get the story of the Jewish
tailor out of her head. She decided to track down the man's
descendants--and eventually found them in Israel. Their tearful
reunion was proof to her that evil doesn't always win. But just
days after she made the connection, her cousin's child was gunned
down in a parking lot in Kansas, a victim of a Neo-Nazi out to
inflict as much harm as he could. Despite her best hopes, she was
forced to confront the fact that seventy years after the Nazis were
defeated, remainders of their hateful legacy still linger today. As
Yvette and her family wrestled with the tragedy in their own lives,
the lessons she learned from the survivors of the Holocaust helped
her confront and make sense of the present. In beautiful
interweaving storylines, the past and present come together in a
nuanced, heartfelt "story of compassion and collective resistance"
with "undeniable emotional power" (Kirkus Reviews).
A vivid, character-driven historical saga set in Greece at the end
of WWII and on the verge of the Greek Civil War. Fans of Ariel
Lawhon's books about little-known history will love this sweeping,
multigenerational story of familial love and loyalty against all
odds. Corfu, 1946: Living in a poor village in northern Greece,
10-year-olds Marco and Katerina are the best of friends. But as
their country erupts into war, the two are separated: Katerina's
family flees on foot, desperate to find somewhere safe. Marco is
sent to one of Queen Frederica's children's villages, her defiant
stance against the incoming communists. At their final goodbye,
Katerina and Marco promise to find their way back to the village,
and to each other. This haunting childhood vow launches events that
will take decades to unravel. Where the Wandering Ends beautifully
blends real Corfiot history with Greek mythology. Spanning multiple
decades, this heart-breaking yet uplifting story reminds us of the
tenacity of those who have lost everything and the enduring power
of home. "[A] magically crafted story combining history and
mythology." -Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author.
They wondered if they would ever find their way back-back to the
village, back to a life of meaning, back to each other. Corfu,
1946-In a poor Greek community, ten-year-old Marco is perhaps the
poorest of them all. But it wasn't always that way. His grandmother
once worked for the royal family where Marco's mother played
alongside young Prince Phillip himself. Now Greece is on the brink
of civil war, and Marco's mother still clings to the desperate hope
that somehow the royal family will save her own. As the war turns
deadlier, Greece's Queen Frederica takes a defiant stand against
the communists, announcing that she will save her country's most
innocent by opening children's villages. When the communist
partisans erect camps of their own, children are ripped from their
mothers' arms; entire villages are emptied. Young Katerina has been
best friends with Marco for as long as she can remember, cementing
their bond by stealing scraps from her family's table to sneak to
him. But when the communists reach their village, loyalties are
tested as devastating secrets threaten to emerge. Katerina and
Marco are separated just before her family flees on foot. At their
final goodbye, Katerina and Marco promise to find their way back to
the village, and to each other. This haunting childhood vow
launches events that will take decades to unravel. Set among
Corfu's picturesque lanes, hamlets, and villas where kings,
villagers, and saints all walk the same cobblestone paths, Where
the Wandering Ends reminds us of the tenacity of those who have
lost everything and the enduring power of home. "[A] magically
crafted story combining history and mythology." -Heather Morris,
New York Times bestselling author A heart-wrenching yet hopeful
story that spans decades: from post-World War II to early 2000s
Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 112,000 words Includes
discussion questions for book clubs
On a beautiful Greek island, myths, magic, and a colorful cast of
characters come together in When the Cypress Whispers, Yvette
Manessis Corporon's lushly atmospheric story about past and
present, family and fate, love and dreams that poignantly captures
the deep bond between an American woman and her Greek grandmother.
The daughter of Greek immigrants, Daphne aspires to the American
Dream, yet feels as if she's been sleepwalking through life. Caught
between her family's old-world traditions and the demands of a
modern career, she cannot seem to find her place. Only her beloved
grandmother on Erikousa, a magical island off the coast of Greece,
knows her heart. Daphne's fondest memories are of times spent in
the kitchen with Yia-yia, cooking and learning about the ancient
myths. It was the thought of Yia-yia that consoled Daphne in the
wake of her husband's unexpected death. After years of struggling
to raise her child and pay the bills, Daphne now has a successful
restaurant, a growing reputation as a chef, and a wealthy
fiance-everything she's ever wanted. But across the ocean, Yia-yia
can see through the storybook perfection of Daphne's new life- and
now she is calling her back to Erikousa. She has secrets about the
past to share with her granddaughter- stories from the war, of
loyalty and bravery in the face of death. She also has one last
lesson to teach her: that security is not love, and that her life
can be filled with meaning again.
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