02547cam a2200313 4500 1895741609 TxAuBib 20250128120000.0 250122s2024||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781420519662 hardcover alk. paper 1420519662 hardcover alk. paper TxAuBib Corporon, Yvette Manessis. Daughter of ruins [Large Type Book] : a novel / Yvette Manessis Corporon. Large print ed. [Farmington Hills, Mich] : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2024. 585 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print clean reads. "Demitra's mother died in America in the 1930s when Demitra was three years old. Her father took her home to the Greek island of Cephalonia, where she endures a lonely childhood and dreams her dead mother watches over her, like the goddesses she reads about in her mythology books. When Demitra comes of age, she refuses to marry the man chosen for her. Instead, she defiantly begins an affair with a forbidden man who ignites her passion for painting the goddesses she once imagined protected her. Elena is a beautiful Italian woman who dreamed of a life away from the brothels where she was raised. But opportunities are not meant for daughters of prostitutes and Elena has no choice but to become one herself. When Italy occupies Cephalonia, Elena finds work entertaining the soldiers. Her life on the island is happy and carefree--until the Germans arrive in 1943. Maria lives in a poor mountain village in 1921 with a loving mother and sister. When her father grows desperate to feed his family, he sends her to America as a picture bride to marry a stranger. Only eighteen years old, Maria is terrified of the journey ahead. Daughter of Ruins is an all-encompassing tale steeped in the rich history, culture, and myths of Greece. It is a deeply moving story that follows three women as they struggle to control their destinies, fighting to become the women they were meant to be"--Provided by the publisher. 20250128. Families Fiction. Daughters Fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Cephalonia (Greece : Municipality) Fiction. Greece Fiction. Historical fiction. Thorndike Press large print clean reads. RV8