The Nifi opens in 1983 in the remote Greek village of Margariti where the narrator, a young American woman who speaks no Greek, finds herself. A month before, back in a New York suburb, she had impulsively married a Greek immigrant from a local restaurant and had agreed to accompany him back to his village for an undefined period of time. The village is in the poorest area of Greece and the author must acclimate to a countryside lifestyle, no running water and paralyzing culture shock. Her new mother-in-law, Chevi, welcomes her and through her son, is able to convey the heartache and...

It is 1974. Alexandros is a young man who has left his rural Greek village to come to New York to work in his cousin's restaurant. The restaurant is in East End, a small seaside village fifty miles from New York City-not exactly what Alexandros had expected when he heard he'd be going to New York. Sarah is from a small town in the mountains of New York State. She has moved to East End to escape the sins of her past. Of course, they fall in love-no surprise to the readers. But a difference in culture and tradition stands in their way, as Alexandros is betrothed to a girl back home and Sarah...

Come and travel between the Italian island of Incompresso and the small American town of Robin's Nest. Experience passion, sorrow, laughter and love in a tale that will hold your heart and spark your desire to know what is happening . . . Among the Zinnias Eighty-five-year-old Giovanna Boeri awaits the return of her daughter, Angelina, from America. She cannot understand why Angelina has left their small island when it contains everything anyone would ever want. Giovanna is struggling to care for her ailing husband who is beset by memories of war and murder, one he, himself, has committed...