| Eleni Gage recounts her return to the remote Greek village of
Lia to rebuild her grandmother’s ruined house and confront a family history
marked by trauma and exile. She exchanges her urban life for a landscape
shaped by memory, folklore, and the legacy of the Greek Civil War. As she
navigates local customs, misadventures, and the emotional weight of her
grandmother’s murder, the project becomes a journey of cultural rediscovery
and personal grounding. The memoir blends travel, history, and family saga to
show how reclaiming a physical home can revive connections to identity and
the past |