The priest fainted

Description:

A Greek American daughter spends a year in her grandmother's country, uncovering layers of family and cultural myths hidden in the bittersweet tang of her own experiences. A lyrical dish that mixes mythology, recipes, a young woman's adventures, and modern Greek history. A New York Times and LA Times Notable Book of the Year, 1999.

subjects: Americans,  Fiction,  Greek American women,  Greek Americans,  ethnicity,  mythology,  Greece, fiction,  Fiction, romance, general,  Travel

People: Athena,  Medea,  Schleimann,  Psyche & Aphrodite,  Odysseus

Places: Greece,  Athens,  New York

Times: Athens in 1950's and 1980's.