"Marina had taught Stavroula, this is how you learn, who a person is. First you ask, What was the happiest moment of their life? Then you ask, and you keep asking until you get the real answer, Was it worth it?"
This, you could say, is basically what Annie Liontas' book Let me explain you is all about. What was your happiest moment and was it worth it?
Let me explain you is also about immigration, leaving your home, striving for a better life, a better version of yourself, somethig so inherently human. The book is last but not least about the consequences of leaving and starting in a new place, even if you do so successfully. How does it feel like to be foreign, for yourself and for those around you, your daughters, your family. Can the daughters of an immigrant be ever not foreigners, for example in their own lives? What does it take to arrive.
Stavros Stavros Mavrakis, the man, around whom this book revolves, the man, who partly tells us this story and the story of hi…
This, you could say, is basically what Annie Liontas' book Let me explain you is all about. What was your happiest moment and was it worth it?
Let me explain you is also about immigration, leaving your home, striving for a better life, a better version of yourself, somethig so inherently human. The book is last but not least about the consequences of leaving and starting in a new place, even if you do so successfully. How does it feel like to be foreign, for yourself and for those around you, your daughters, your family. Can the daughters of an immigrant be ever not foreigners, for example in their own lives? What does it take to arrive.
Stavros Stavros Mavrakis, the man, around whom this book revolves, the man, who partly tells us this story and the story of hi…