Evanthia's Gift
The Gift Saga, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Emily Lawrence
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By:
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Effie Kammenou
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In the year 1956, Anastacia Fotopoulos finds herself pregnant and betrayed, fleeing from a bad marriage. With the love and support of her dear friends Stavros and Soula Papadakis, Ana is able to face the challenges of single motherhood. Left with emotional wounds, she resists her growing affection for Alexandros Giannakos, an old acquaintance. But his persistence and unconditional love for Ana and her child is eventually rewarded and his love is returned. In a misguided, but well-intentioned effort to protect the ones they love, both Ana and Alex keep secrets - ones that could threaten the delicate balance of their family.
The story continues in the 1970's as Dean and Demi Papadakis, and Sophia Giannakos attempt to negotiate between two cultures. Now Greek-American teenagers, Sophia and Dean, who have shared a special connection since childhood, become lovers. Sophia is shattered when Dean rebels against the pressure his father places on him to uphold his Greek heritage and hides his feelings for her. When he pulls away from his family, culture and ultimately his love for her, Sophia is left with no choice but to find a life different from the one she'd hoped for.
Evanthia's Gift is a multigenerational love story spanning 50 years and crossing two continents, chronicling the lives that unify two families.
©2015 Effie Kammenou (P)2017 Effie KammenouTouchingly Beautiful
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Emily did a fantastic job with the narration. She truly brought the characters to life in an amazing way. Great job!
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sweet!
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This audiobook really amazed me. I rarely gives a book five stars, but this time I did!!
It’s the first book of three in “The Gift Saga”. It’s a heart-warming family saga about a Greek-American family and their life in Greece and NY (America).
The book starts with the story of Anastacia, as she returns home and finds her husband betraying her with another woman. She leaves him, and she doesn’t tell him she’s pregnant. She stays as a single mother for several years, not trusting her heart to another man. Not until ……… I think you should listen to the audiobook and experience the very well written Saga of Anastacia’s life with her Greek family and best friends, her daughter Sophia, the love of her life - and as times goes by Sophia grows up and we starts to follow her life too.
It’s a heartwarming story, and I had to listen to all of the audiobook without stopping. I just fell in love with this lovely family and their friends, with their stubbornness, their difficult life situations, their heartaches, the wonderful Greek recipes (included in the book) and most of all their unconditional love and support for each other.
Effie Kammenou has done an amazing job writing this book. And I can’t wait to start the next audiobook in this series - but I think I better wait until the morning, because I already know I will have a hard time stopping listening, but unfortunately I need some sleep before work tomorrow ;)
I listened to the Audible edition narrated by Emily Lawrence. The Saga and her voice is the perfect match. She did an excellent job and I really enjoyed her voice. Sometimes a book and a narrator is the perfect match - for me this was one of the perfect matches!
Wonderful audiobook - well written story
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The Right Gift
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Packed full of emotion
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