Song of Memory

By: Batshaw, Karen

Song of Memory is an action-filled story of romance, espionage, hope, and tragedy. Once again, Karen Batshaw has created a strong, independent-minded woman unbound by the conventions of her time.
Song of Memory, the long-awaited sequel to LIght and Shadows begins in 1922 with the Turkish destruction of Myrna as seen through the eyes of Maria, a twelve-year-old Greek Orthodox girl. After witnessing what she believes is the total annihilation of her family, she summons her courage to kill the Turkish soldier who has abducted her. A Jewish doctor rescues Maria, and then convinces his American friend to help her escape.
Maria grows up in an American family to be a free-spirited, independent-minded woman, determined to fight against the evils and prejudice she experienced as a child. She is working as an archeologist in Crete when World War II is about to break out in Europe. Maria is recruited as a spy for the Allies, working alongside Rob, a British archeologist. Rob and Maria fall in love as they work as undercover agents, in Crete, Cairo, and Greece, helping the Allies to defeat the Nazis. During the harrowing war years, they witness the almost total annihilation of the Jews of Greece and the terrible suffering of the Greek Orthodox people.
The story concludes many years later with the unexpected reunion between Maria and her brother Andreas whom she believed perished in Smyrna.
This historical novel is filled with the little-known history of the brutal occupation of Greece curing the Second World War. Readers of Hidden in Plain Sight and Light and Shadows will welcome the well-researched addition to this collection of World War II books depicting the Nazi occupation of Greece.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D9Y3PNBR
• ISBN13: 9798332885211
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"