Sam P. Stamatis and Peter S. Stamatis
Dandelions for Dinner: Greece at War and a Family's Dreams of America
ISBN-10: 146205675X
ISBN-13: 978-1462056750
What happens to a family already on the brink of disaster when the
world around them crumbles?
Dandelions for Dinner presents a memoir set in the sleepy town of
Gargaliani, Greece, spanning the last quarter of the nineteenth
century through the Greek Civil War of the 1940s. Told through the
eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy, it is an epic tale of youth, family,
poverty, war, and unjust loss. It is also an uplifting story of how in
the midst of calamity, survival is possible by using your head, taking
your hits, and maintaining an undying faith.
Though it is the tale of a family that is by all standards poor,
Dandelions for Dinner demonstrates just how rich the poor can be when
they have hope, faith, and love for one another-when they maintain the
lessons of their parents and forefathers, nurture a love of education,
and never let up on their hope for freedom. This memoir is, above all,
a story about the importance of America-not only for those who live
there, but also for all those who reside in the dark corners of
faraway lands and dream of a better life.
Over the course of their life together, any family will most assuredly
experience both want and plenty, suffering and joy. Dandelions for
Dinner is the surprising story of what remains when everything else is
lost.
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