Stella Harvey - Finding Callidora

A horrific betrayal sets the destiny of the Alevizopoulos family, farmers who dare to choose a side, first in the Great War (1914-1918), then in the Greco-Turkish war (1919-1922).

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A horrific betrayal sets the destiny of the Alevizopoulos family, farmers who dare to choose a side, first in the Great War (1914-1918), then in the Greco-Turkish war (1919-1922).

Theodore, the patriarch, was given a significant plot of fertile farmland in the Peloponnese for his efforts to fight the Ottomans in the Cretan revolution (1886-1896). After he dies, it is Callidora; the matriarch who must protect this legacy, raising her children to ensure the land is passed down from one generation to the next. But will the treacherous schemes of a neighbor ever allow this to happen? Survival might mean leaving what is most precious: home.

Finding Callidora is fixed against multiple backdrops—the unforgiving terrain of the Anatolia, the isolated Greek islands of Naxos and Crete, the bustling, chaotic streets of Cairo and later the vast expanse of Canada. Reflecting the headlines of the day, the novel follows four generations of the Alevizopoulos family, starting with Callidora’s children, Nikos, Vasilis and Katarina. Each will carry and pass on the scars of the original betrayal and their need to find the place where they belong.

Stella Leventoyannis Harvey

Stella Leventoyannis Harvey

Finding Callidora

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Stella Leventoyannis Harvey

Stella Leventoyannis Harvey

Finding Callidora

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