“The Magic In The Receiver”
A Novel
Teaser
It’s 1953 and the Greek island of Kefalonia lies ruined, shattered by a massive earthquake. Scarred by the death of their brother, nine-year-old Ioannis and his sister Nicia join thousands in an evacuation of the stricken isle. Like a tale...
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I love the Greek Islands. Who doesn’t? My favorites are the Ionian Islands. They get more annualrainfall and are much greener, more luxuriant, than other Mediterranean isles.Kefalonia is so nice – you just know it has to be the location...
1953 Kefalonia Earthquake
In 1953, a 7.6 earthquake devastated the Greek Island of Kefalonia. A few buildings in the north survived but the capital, Argostoli, was flattened. With the economy in ruin, the majority of the population were forcibly evacuated, ending up...
Teaser
It’s 1953 and the Greek island of Kefalonia lies ruined, shattered by a massive earthquake. Scarred by the death of their brother, nine-year-old Ioannis and his sister Nicia join thousands in an evacuation of the stricken isle.
Like a tale from Scheherazade, Nicia returns to Kefalonia a decade later, married to a childhood sweetheart. Ioannis remains in self-imposed exile for more than fifty years. Now, accompanied by his daughter Elena, he returns to attend a festival and visit his brother’s grave.
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About
I love the Greek Islands. Who doesn’t?
My favorites are the Ionian Islands. They get more annual
rainfall and are much greener, more luxuriant, than other Mediterranean isles.
Kefalonia is so nice – you just know it has to be the location for your first
novel.
read more
1953 Kefalonia Earthquake
In 1953, a 7.6 earthquake devastated the Greek Island of Kefalonia. A few buildings in the north survived but the capital, Argostoli, was flattened. With the economy in ruin, the majority of the population were forcibly evacuated, ending up scattered throughout the world. One hundred and twenty-five thousand people lived on Kefalonia before the disaster, less than twenty-five thousand live there today.
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