EAN: 9780063254275

CHILDREN OF THE CATASTROPHE - SARAH SHOEMAKER K...

Set amid the backdrop of the massacre of Greeks and Armenians after World War I  a deeply
affecting family story of love and survival infused with the rich historical detail and
emotional power of Sisters of the Resistance and The Women in the Castle. It is 1908 and Smyrna
is the most cosmopolitan city on the Mediterranean Sea. Though long a part of the Ottoman
Empire  Smyrna has always been Greek  and its citizens honor the traditions of previous
generations. The Demirigis and Melopoulos families are no different  and now Liana Demirigis
will wed the only Melopoulos son  Vassili-a marriage arranged by her parents. After the wedding
Liana and Vassili build an idyllic life for themselves and their children outside of the city 
safe from rising political tensions roiling the region and the world. But less than a decade
later  the growing divisions between the Greeks and Turks threaten to boil over. When each
country chooses a different side with the outbreak of the Great War  a hunger to reclaim Izmir
consumes Greece. Suddenly Liana and her family  like thousands of others like them  are thrust
into danger . . . and many will not survive. Children of the Catastrophe is a beautifully told
story that unfolds through the experiences of the Melopoulos family-their loves and quarrels 
their hopes and disappointments  played out against a world on fire. Sarah Shoemaker artfully
draws us into her characters' rich lives and evocatively captures all that was lost as
hostilities mount and innocent men  women  and children find themselves caught up in forces
beyond their control.

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