{"product_id":"the-summer-of-my-greek-taverna-a-memoir-9780743247719","title":"The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of a man in love with a place, a woman, and a dream.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tom Stone went to Greece one summer to write a novel -- and stayed twenty-two years. On Patmos, he fell in love with Danielle, a beautiful French painter. His novel completed and sold, he decided to stay a little longer. \u003cbr\u003e Seven idyllic years later, they left Patmos for Crete. When a Patmian friend Theol?gos called and offered him a summer partnership in his beach tav?rna, The Beautiful Helen, Stone jumped at the chance -- much to the dismay of his wife, who cautioned him not to forget the old adage about Greeks bearing gifts. \u003cbr\u003e Her warning was well-founded: when back on Patmos, Stone quickly discovered that he was no longer a friend or patron but a competitor. He learned hard lessons about the Greeks' skill at bargaining and business while reluctantly coming to the realization that Theol?gos's offer of a partnership was indeed a Trojan horse. \u003cbr\u003e Featuring Stone's recipes, including his own Chicken Retsina and the ultimate moussaka, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer of My Greek Tav?rna\u003c\/i\u003e is as much a love story as it is the grand, humorous, and sometimes bittersweet adventures of an American pursuing his dreams in a foreign land, a modern-day innocent abroad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Stone was a theatrical stage manager and assistant director for 10 years before moving his family to Greece where he managed his own restaurant, \u003ci\u003eEe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOraya Eleni\u003c\/i\u003e (The Beautiful Helen). After twenty-two years of paradise and heartache on the Greek isles, he moved to London, then to Los Angeles where he now is assisting his wife in the exhibition of her art work. He has written short stories and several books, and currently has three screenplays under option. He lives in Southern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872776032530,"sku":"9780743247719","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41614efc-32db-4aa3-a0b7-81c034cf9082.jpg?v=1737909841","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-summer-of-my-greek-taverna-a-memoir-9780743247719","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}