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Tom Stone went to Greece one summer to write a novel-and stayed twenty-two years. On the tiny idyllic island of Patmos, he fell in love with a beautiful French painter, married, and had two children. Seven years later, he moved his family to Crete for a teaching job, but his heart was still in Patmos; so when a Patmian friend offered him a summer partnership at his taverna, he jumped at the chance. But his wife warned him not to forget the old adage about Greeks bearing gifts. At The Beautiful Helen, hard work and very long hours were tempered by Stone's growing reputation as a cook and the promise of enormous profits in August. But his illusions were shattered with the realization that his partner had been cheating him out of thousands of dollars. Featuring Stone's recipes, The Summer of My Greek Taverna is a grand, humorous, and sometimes bittersweet adventure of a modern-day innocent pursuing his dreams in a foreign land.

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This nicely told memoir and travelogue is interspersed with Stone's recipes, sensual descriptions of food and place, and the love of his wife and children. -- Publishers Weekly [A] brief but charming travelogue with recipes. -- Library Journal James sounds fittingly innocent and enthusiastic as he begins reading this engaging memoir. -- Booklist Stone describes the beauty and charm of the island, with much attention to the food served at the tavernaReader James reflects the intensely personal and emotional nature-by turns warm, pensive, angry-of the story. -- Kliatt Stone is eminently capable of setting the scene and telling a story...[A] wistful, bittersweet odyssey of a bad business deal. -- Kirkus Reviews

Stone describes the beauty and charm of the island, with much attention to the food served at the tavernaReader James reflects the intensely personal and emotional nature-by turns warm, pensive, angry-of the story. -- Kliatt Stone is eminently capable of setting the scene and telling a story...[A] wistful, bittersweet odyssey of a bad business deal. -- Kirkus Reviews [A] brief but charming travelogue with recipes. -- Library Journal James sounds fittingly innocent and enthusiastic as he begins reading this engaging memoir. -- Booklist This nicely told memoir and travelogue is interspersed with Stone's recipes, sensual descriptions of food and place, and the love of his wife and children. -- Publishers Weekly

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Tom Stone was a Broadway stage manager and assistant director for ten years before he moved to Greece. He has written extensively on Greece and its history for various magazines and guide books. He lives in Los Angeles. Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been narrating since 1996 and has recorded over six hundred audiobooks. He is a seven-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award and has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. His critically acclaimed performances include Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr. and Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin, among others.

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