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A room in Athens / Frances Karlen Santamaria.

Summary:

First published in 1970, A Room in Athens is the remarkable journey of a free-spirited. young American woman abroad in Greece with her writer husband in 1964. Inspired by the sixties' vogue for the exuberant land of Zorba and Lawrence Durrell, they seek an Aegean idyll- but their plans threaten to go awry when she learns she is pregnant. Settling in Athens, she gives birth to a boy at the country's only natural childbirth clinic, an underground refuge ruled by a mysterious Madame Kladaki. Afterward, alone with her infant in Athens, she records the challenges and joys of a new mother in a strange land with a captivating mixture of humour, introspection, and candor.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780989835299
  • ISBN: 0989835294
  • Physical Description: xxxix, 175 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Croton-on-Hudson, NY : Tatra Press LLC, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint with new introducton. Originally published under the title: Joshua, firstborn. New York : Dial Press, 1970.
Subject: Santamaria, Frances Karlen.
Santamaria, Frances Karlen > Homes and haunts > Greece > Athens.
Pregnant women > Biography.
Childbirth > Psychological aspects.
Athens (Greece) > Social life and customs > 20th century.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Union County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cook Memorial Library - La Grande .

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande 306.874 S232 (Text) 35178001733743 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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