Name: Daughter of Ruins
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
SKU: 9781400236114
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Author: Yvette Manessis Corporon
ISBN: 9781400236114

Author: Yvette Manessis Corporon

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🖤 Tone: Emotional, sweeping, historically immersive
⚡ Pace: Steady, emotionally driven
🌊 Vibes: Mediterranean settings, wartime survival, hidden family histories, resilience across generations
✨ Themes: Family legacy, courage, love, survival, identity, sacrifice
🧠 Emotional Journey: Heartbreaking, hopeful, deeply moving
📖 Hook: A journey into long-buried family secrets reveals stories of survival, sacrifice, and resilience shaped by war and loss
💫 Perfect For: Readers who enjoy emotional historical fiction with strong family themes and richly atmospheric settings

Demitra's mother died in America in the 1930s when Demitra was three years old. Her father took her home to the Greek island of Cephalonia, where she endures a lonely childhood and dreams her dead mother watches over her like the goddesses she reads about in her mythology books. When Demitra comes of age, she refuses to marry the man chosen for her. Instead, she defiantly begins an affair with a forbidden man who ignites her passion for painting the goddesses she once imagined protected her.

Elena is a beautiful Italian woman who dreamed of a life away from the brothels where she was raised. But opportunities are not meant for daughters of prostitutes, and Elena has no choice but to become one herself. When Italy occupies Cephalonia, Elena finds work entertaining the soldiers. Her life on the island is happy and carefree--until the Germans arrive in 1943.

Maria lives in a poor mountain village in 1921 with a loving mother and sister. When her father grows desperate to feed his family, he sends her to America as a picture bride to marry a stranger. Only eighteen years old, Maria is terrified of the journey ahead.

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Format: Paperback
Reading age: 18+
Pages: 416
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 6 February 2025
Language: English
ISBN: 9781400236114

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Daughter of Ruins

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