North of Ithaka: A Granddaughter Returns to Greece and Discovers Her Roots

In North of Ithaka Eleni Gage returns to the remote Greek village of Lia where her father was born and her grandmother murdered to rebuild the ruins of her namesakes home and come to terms with her familys tragic history. In doing so she leaves behind a sparkling social life and successful career to continue the tale of a family and a place which her father Nicholas Gage made famous over twenty years ago with his international bestseller Eleni. Along the way she survives humorous misadventures absorbs fascinating folklore and comes to understand that memories of the dead can bring new life to the present. Part travel memoir and part family saga North of Ithaka is above all a journey home.