This book should be required reading for any foreigner interested in Greece; the portrait of how Greeks suffered in WWII and the subsequent civil war is something about which, alas, far too few people are aware. I knew about all this since I, like the author, am married to a Greek but it should be common knowledge that the Nazis fought a war of attrition in Greece.

All of Sofka Zinovieff's books about her Greek life, fiction and nonfiction, are tremendously resonant to me and I highly recommend them for anyone who would like a look at life in Greece for those of us who are "honorary" Greeks.