Sophia Kouidou-Giles

Sophia's Return (eBook, ePUB)

Uncovering My Mother's Past

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

After her parents' divorce, seven-year-old Sophia is raised by her paternal grandmother and, later, her father's second wife. She visits her mother on weekends until she finishes her high school, after which she moves to the US to complete her post-secondary studies and launch a career in child welfare.

Decades later, Sophia travels back to Greece, determined to find her mother's grave and finally learn about the reasons for her parents' divorce. As she digs, she begins to realize how clashing cultures between her Greek-born mother and her father's early years in Turkey wreaked havoc on the marriage. Determined to unlock the true story, she interviews family members, all of whom are sympathetic but reluctant to disclose information. Finally, she hires an attorney and resorts to document searchingand uncovers a story she never knew existed.

Written with illuminating insights and a mature understanding of what forced her mother's decision to abandon their home, Sophia's compassionate, authentic recounting of her journey will encourage those who search for the truth to persist in seeking answers to life's unanswered questions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: She Writes Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781647421724
• Artikelnr.: 60770833

Autorenporträt

Sophia Kouidou-Giles was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and university educated in the US. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's in social work. In her long career in child welfare career, she served as a practitioner, educator, researcher and administrator. Kouidou-Giles has published articles in Greek and English professional journals with a focus on services to abused/neglected children. More recently, her focus has shifted to writing non-fiction and poetry. Her work has appeared in Voices, Persimmon Tree, Assay, The Raven's Perch, The Time Collection, The Blue Nib (where she has a byline), and The Writers and Readers' Magazine. Her poetry chapbook is Transitions and Passages. Her memoir, ¿p¿st¿¿f¿ St¿ Tessä¿¿¿¿¿ (Return to Thessaloniki), was published in Greece in 2019. She currently lives in Seattle, Washington.