Arriving in Australia as an immigrant Greek child in the 1950s Emmanuel Alexion finds adjustment difficult, with the strong racial discrimination at that time. Overcoming taunts of being called a dago and wog at school he works as a newspaper boy and later becomes a schoolteacher.
After an absence of almost half a century, Emmanuel returns to the Greek Island of Rhodes. Here he and his wife Michelle experience unexpected changes in the lifestyle and country of his birth. Finding long-lost family members and walking the cobblestone streets of his childhood. Emmanuel takes the reader on a sentimental and often humorous journey through his Greek Roots.
This book will rekindle memories to many Greeks, those of Greek ancestry and Australians who remember this era when migrant intake was at its peak.
A wonderful read for those who dream of visiting their homeland; a time to remember the smells of sizzling souvlakia and oregano and to nibble on mezethes and sip ouzo at a Kaffenion with friends.
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