The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir

The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir

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 TheolÂ³gos called and offered him a summer partnership in his beach tavÂ©rna, 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 TheolÂ³gos'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 TavÂ©rna 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.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
PartNumber maps
IsAdultProduct
Height 8.5
Length 5.5
Weight 0.59965735264
Width 0.7
ReleaseDate 2003-06-06
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	maps
IsAdultProduct
Height	8.5
Length	5.5
Weight	0.59965735264
Width	0.7
ReleaseDate	2003-06-06
NumberOfItems	1

The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir

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