A debut novel by an author from Houston. The setting is Houston from the 1930s to present day. Ilona is the daughter in a a Greek family. She is expected to marry a Greek and work in the family’s diner business. She longs to be a teacher. She marries into a prominent Irish Houston family causing estrangement from her family. She’s never really accepted by her husbands socially prominent family. Tradgedy befalls her. She has a disagreement with her son right before her death causing him to blame himself for her death. The son is not accepted by the extended family because he is gay. And then there’s this girl Dephina who feels she has a connection to Ilona. Hmmm.
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