Eleni by Nicholas Gage. "Investigative journalist Nicholas Gage reveals In the opening pages of the book that his mother, after whom the book is named, suffered a torturous death at the hands of Greek Communists in the years after World War II. Gage and siblings managed to escape when he was 9 years old and join their father in America, but his professional work inescapably drew him back to Greece, enabling him to meticulously research and recreate his mother’s young life and brutal death. An epic portrait of rural Greek life set amidst the Second World War and the subsequent brutal attempt by Greek Communists to take over their country".
