Thiana-AVDELA-A Macedonian Village in the Northwestern Greece-Thiana's Native Land

Thiana is the first book in a trilogy that spans the lives of three generations of strong women, the authorÂ’s grandmother Calliope, the authorÂ’s mother Thiana, and the author herself. Thiana depicts CalliopeÂ’s and ThianaÂ’s struggles with lifeÂ’s adversities, and ThianaÂ’s courage and determination in forging a better life for herself and her family. Thiana, the bookÂ’s heroine, grows through life experiences, her character steels with every adversity life throws in her path. The narrative begins around 1920 in a remote mountain village in the northwestern Greece called Avdela, and moves to Salonika and Romania, encompassing the events up to, during, and after Word War II, including the closing of the Iron Curtain. The book depicts picturesque settings in the northwestern Greece and the customs and language of the Macedonian people.