Greek Soul
Greek Soul : Memories of a Detroit Childhood Stelyani Sandris,
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
ISBN: 0595356753
Edition: Paperback; 2005-06-02
Summary:
I had never thought we were poor until one evening at dinner when
Mama fixed fava, a thick split-pea porridge. Next to the pot of
porridge, she placed a bowl of vrouves, fresh mustard greens that she
had gathered from a neighboring field, just as she did as a young
peasant girl in her native Crete. She had boiled the greens and
sprinkled them with olive oil and lemon juice. I didnt want the
food. Soula turned to me with a smile and shrug: What can we do?
Were poor. Her words fell like a final judgment. That explained our
life with its clean, threadbare spareness, the house Mama scrubbed
and scoured that smelled of Roman Cleanser. You would know this food,
these smells if you were poor. But I didnt like Soula saying it. I
didnt like the slight smile at her mouth and the way she meant me to
accept this fate as mine. excerpt from Greek Soul These compelling
stories seen through the eyes of a precocious Greek-American girl
evoke, with graceful restraint, the hardships and tragedies of her
immigrant family and impoverished childhood in Detroit.
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