This Way to Paradise: Dancing on the Tables

Both personal and informative, this memoir takes us through more than three decades of island life in Greece, from primitive yet idyllic living conditions to the eventual mass tourism sprawl years later. Full of colorful characters, native customs, scenic delights, and tensions from civil unrest and war, the character of Greece shines through this fish-in-new-water story. This is historical armchair travel with a personal tour guide.