Book description
A tender story about three sisters coming of age in Greece over the course of three summers, now available after being out of print for over twenty years.
Three Summers is the story of three sisters growing up in the countryside near Athens before the Second World War. Living in…
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1 author picked Three Summers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is pure poetry to me. It follows the lives of three sisters on the precipice of adulthood during 1930s Greece.
I love that when it was published in the 1940s here in Greece, it was seen as a scandalous piece of literature. I can see why - Liberaki writes fervently and openly about the trials and tribulations of female teenhood, detailing gossip, romance, and even the loss of virginity with such poise and vim that it is still relevant and relatable to women today.
It was the kind of book that my own Greek Yiayia (grandmother) was absolutely…
From Anastasia's list on to odyssey across Greece with.
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