Thank you, NetGalley, for this book.
This beautiful memoir highlights the author’s childhood, explores the death of her father, and her return to his homeland, Greece. Nikolidakis’s father was abusive in every way. This isn’t graphic in the book, but it is horrifyingly obvious what happens to her. The abuse left her dependent upon alcohol to quell the memories. She spent most of her twenties just trying to get through each day.
On her 27th birthday, her father murders his girlfriend and her daughter and then himself. She has to then deal with the aftermath. Part of her healing journey was to travel alone to Greece to find her father’s estranged family.
This book was wonderfully written, very moving, and full of life and heart and recovery. I loved following her journey.
Pleasant Nights 