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It Was Greek To Me - Couverture souple

Hanson, Pat Ferguson

 
9781469136639: It Was Greek To Me
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1469136635 ISBN 13 : 9781469136639
Editeur : Xlibris, Corp., 2011

Synopsis

"It Was Greek to Me" is the story of a young American diplomat in the l970s. Pat Ferguson served as the Assistant Cultural Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece. She also fell in love with a writer known as Greece's Hemingway. Pat came of age in a very exotic locale, far removed from the influences of her home, her family and her church. In her memoir, she dissects that process honestly and reveals why she eventually decided to return to her roots in Minnesota. Front cover photo by Danbu14 (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons ============================================================== "Good material!..." Judith Guest, Author, "Ordinary People" "The story is fantastic! Wonderful material about the two young women (you and Barbara…)" Sheila O'Connor, Author, "Where No Gods Came" "It was such a pleasure to read your memoirs... Especially interesting was your personal slant on the 'ex-patriot's' life in Athens… and your role as a professional in the U.S. Foreign Service… It was an informative as well as entertaining read. And to have hobnobbed with so many famous people must have been a very heady experience." Nancy Raeburn, Author, "Mykonos: a Memoir"

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"It Was Greek to Me" is the story of a young American diplomat in the l970s. Pat Ferguson served as the Assistant Cultural Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece. She also fell in love with a writer known as Greece's Hemingway. Pat came of age in a very exotic locale, far removed from the influences of her home, her family and her church. In her memoir, she dissects that process honestly and reveals why she eventually decided to return to her roots in Minnesota. Front cover photo by Danbu14 (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons ============================================================== "Good material!..." Judith Guest, Author, "Ordinary People" "The story is fantastic! Wonderful material about the two young women (you and Barbara…)" Sheila O'Connor, Author, "Where No Gods Came" "It was such a pleasure to read your memoirs... Especially interesting was your personal slant on the 'ex-patriot's' life in Athens… and your role as a professional in the U.S. Foreign Service… It was an informative as well as entertaining read. And to have hobnobbed with so many famous people must have been a very heady experience." Nancy Raeburn, Author, "Mykonos: a Memoir"

Biographie de l'auteur

Pat Ferguson Hanson recently retired from teaching Communications at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She lives in Stillwater, Minnesota, with her husband Jim. They have three daughters together. Pat is the author of two previous memoirs: "The Five Goodbyes" and "Tommy and Me."

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Éditeur
Xlibris, Corp.
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1469136635
ISBN 13 
9781469136639
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
298
Coordonnées du fabricant
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