The Good Greek Girl

2015-04-01 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Maria Katsonis
Release : 2015-04-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 246/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Good Greek Girl by : Maria Katsonis

Download or read book The Good Greek Girl written by Maria Katsonis. This book was released on 2015-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you hear the one about the good Greek girl who walked into a tattoo parlour to celebrate the anniversary of her discharge from a psych hospital? No? Well that’s not surprising because it’s not a joke, there is no punch line. It’s a true story about Maria Katsonis, the good Greek girl who grew up above her parents’ milk bar and shared a bedroom with her yiayia. That is until university when she discovered her rebellious side and her true sexuality. Summoning the courage to come out as a lesbian to her Greek Orthodox family and community, Maria was not met with love and support, but was ostracised. Embracing her imposed independence, Maria became your typical type A over-achiever. Furthering her studies later in life, Maria graduated from Harvard University with a Masters degree. Little did she know, in five years time, Maria would be alone on a bed in a white psych ward fighting for her life. Maria had experienced a complete mental breakdown, shattering her professional and personal identity. The Good Greek Girl will make you laugh, cry, gasp and smile, written with the honesty Maria’s story deserves, and the elegance and craft expected from such an inspiring public intellectual. Now a senior executive in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, an ambassador for beyondblue and advocate with the Australia Council for Mental Health, Maria has more than conquered the forces that held her back, she owns them. While she now lives with a chronic mental illness, Maria leads an active, meaningful and extraordinary life. Her story of triumph over adversity is nothing short of inspiring.

Good Greek Girl

2014 Greek American women

Author : Maria S. Marmanides
Release : 2014
Genre : Greek American women
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Good Greek Girl written by Maria S. Marmanides. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Good Greek Girl is the story of a first-generation Greek-American woman searching for love, self-acceptance and a sense of belonging in present-day America. Told from the first-person point of view with wit and a hyperaware sense of self, Maria, the main character, struggles with her dueling sensibiiities of wanting to please others and "do good," but also wanting to do right by herself. Throughout the novel, Maria navigates what it means to be a daughter, a sister, a writer, a friend, and even a lover. The reader has a close understanding of what is going on in Maria's mind, her desires--and more often, a greater understanding of Maria than she does herself. We see her inconsistencies; we feel her sporadic dangerousness; we share her pain and join in her lauighter as we follow her on her journey to become the author of her own life in the truest sense of the word"--Abstract, leaf iii.

Girl Gone Greek

2015-05-29

Author : Rebecca Hall
Release : 2015-05-29
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 883/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Girl Gone Greek written by Rebecca Hall. This book was released on 2015-05-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel is finding it increasingly difficult to ignore her sister's derision, society's silent wagging finger and her father's advancing years. She's travelled the world, but now finds herself at a crossroads at an age where most people would stop globetrotting and settle. She's never been one to conform to the nine-to-five lifestyle, so why should she start now? Was it wrong to love the freedom and independence a single life provided, to put off the search for Mr Right and the children? Perhaps she could find the time for one last adventure... So with sunshine in mind, Rachel takes a TEFL course and heads to Greece after securing a job teaching English in a remote village. She wasn't looking for love, but she found it in the lifestyle and history of the country, its culture and the enduring volatility of its people. Girl Gone Greek is a contemporary women's fiction novel. When Rachel moved to Greece to escape a life of social conformity, she found a country of unconventional characters and economic turmoil. The last thing she expected was to fall in love with the chaos that reigned about her.

Good Greek Girls Don't...

2009-10 Fiction

Author : Georgia Tsialtas
Release : 2009-10
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 324/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Good Greek Girls Don't... written by Georgia Tsialtas. This book was released on 2009-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good GREEK Girls Don't . . . Spend every weekend partying until dawn . . . Have sex before marriage, and never for any purpose other than reproduction . . . Stay single past the age of twenty-five . . . Leave home until they are married or dead. Is Desi Delagiannis a Good Greek Girl or a Bad Greek Girl? She hasn't left home yet -- GOOD; she's twenty-eight years old and still single -- VERY BAD! With a failed relationship behind her and a family who drive her crazy, Desi survives the pressure of being a Good Greek Girl the only way she knows how -- by drinking, partying and avoiding her family at all costs. Then the unthinkable happens -- Desi finds herself caught in the life that her mother always wanted for her. She can't seem to escape, and worse yet, she doesn't want to. But can the course of true love run smoothly? Not likely, when Desi is a neurotic drama queen caught between her own fears and her family's desires!

My Greek Table

2018-12-24 Cooking

Author : Diane Kochilas
Release : 2018-12-24
Genre : Cooking
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 373/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book My Greek Table written by Diane Kochilas. This book was released on 2018-12-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrity chef and award-winning cookbook author Diane Kochilas presents a companion to her Public Television cooking-travel series with this lavishly photographed volume of classic and contemporary cuisine in My Greek Table: Authentic Flavors and Modern Home Cooking from My Kitchen to Yours. Inspired by her travels and family gatherings, the recipes and stories Diane Kochilas shares in My Greek Table celebrate the variety of food and the culture of Greece. Her Mediterranean meals, crafted from natural ingredients and prepared in the region’s traditional styles—as well as innovative updates to classic favorites—cover a diverse range of appetizers, main courses, and desserts to create raucously happy feasts, just like the ones Diane enjoys with her family when they sit down at her table. Perfect for home cooks, these recipes are easy-to-make so you can add Greece’s delicious dishes to your culinary repertoire. With simple-to-follow instructions for salads, meze, vegetables, soup, grains, savory pies, meat, fish, and sweets, you’ll soon be serving iconic fare and new twists on time-honored recipes on your own Greek table for family and friends, including: — Kale, Apple, and Feta Salad — Baklava Oatmeal — Avocado-Tahini Spread — Baked Chicken Keftedes — Retro Feta-Stuffed Grilled Calamari — Portobello Mushroom Gyro — Quinoa Spanakorizo — Quick Pastitsio Ravioli — Aegean Island Stuffed Lamb — My Big Fat Greek Mess—a dessert of meringues, Greek sweets, toasted almonds and tangy yogurt Illustrated throughout with color photographs featuring both the food and the country, My Greek Table is a cultural delicacy for cooks and foodies alike.

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