The Resource The making of Mrs Petrakis, Mary Karras
The making of Mrs Petrakis, Mary Karras
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The item The making of Mrs Petrakis, Mary Karras represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Cyprus in the run up to the civil war of the 1970s... the threat of it hangs in the atmosphere like a fine mist. A terrible thing, war. Against this backdrop of war and violence, the island's inhabitants make the best they can of their lives, building friendships, falling in love, having children, watching people die, making mistakes. Maria Petrakis, however, flees a brutal marriage on the island where she has always lived for London and a new start. She opens a bakery on Green Lanes in Harringay - the centre of the small Greek Cypriot community whose residents have settled there to escape the war and start again. Here she comes into her own as she heals and atones through the kneading of bread and the selling of shamali cakes and cinnamon pastries to her customers. There are glimpses of the lives of her neighbours, friends and customers as they buy their bread and cakes. There's Mrs Koutsouli, whose heart was broken when her handsome son married a xeni, an English woman with fish-eyes and yellow hair. There's Mrs Pantelis, driven half-mad with the grief of losing her son, Nico, in the war. And there's Mrs Vasili who claims to be related to Nana Mouskouri and grows her hair upwards so she can feel closer to God. Finally, there's Elena, Maria Petrakis' daughter-in-law, who has been suffering with the blackness since having a baby, and whom nobody knows quite how to help. The Making Of Mrs Petrakis is a story about the limited choices women sometimes find themselves confronting. It's a story about repression and mental illness and the devastation it can wreak on lives. But above all, it is a story of motherhood and love and of healing through the humble act of baking."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Note
- "One family. Two countries."--On cover
- Isbn
- 9781529344943
- Label
- The making of Mrs Petrakis
- Title
- The making of Mrs Petrakis
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Karras
- Subject
-
- Cyprus -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction
- Cyprus -- History -- Coup d'état, 1974 -- Fiction
- Families -- Cyprus -- Fiction
- Families -- England | London -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 1951- -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Bakeries -- Fiction
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Runaway wives -- Fiction
- Women -- Cyprus -- Fiction
- Women -- England | London -- Fiction
- Women, Cypriot -- England -- Fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
- Cypriots -- England | London -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Cyprus in the run up to the civil war of the 1970s... the threat of it hangs in the atmosphere like a fine mist. A terrible thing, war. Against this backdrop of war and violence, the island's inhabitants make the best they can of their lives, building friendships, falling in love, having children, watching people die, making mistakes. Maria Petrakis, however, flees a brutal marriage on the island where she has always lived for London and a new start. She opens a bakery on Green Lanes in Harringay - the centre of the small Greek Cypriot community whose residents have settled there to escape the war and start again. Here she comes into her own as she heals and atones through the kneading of bread and the selling of shamali cakes and cinnamon pastries to her customers. There are glimpses of the lives of her neighbours, friends and customers as they buy their bread and cakes. There's Mrs Koutsouli, whose heart was broken when her handsome son married a xeni, an English woman with fish-eyes and yellow hair. There's Mrs Pantelis, driven half-mad with the grief of losing her son, Nico, in the war. And there's Mrs Vasili who claims to be related to Nana Mouskouri and grows her hair upwards so she can feel closer to God. Finally, there's Elena, Maria Petrakis' daughter-in-law, who has been suffering with the blackness since having a baby, and whom nobody knows quite how to help. The Making Of Mrs Petrakis is a story about the limited choices women sometimes find themselves confronting. It's a story about repression and mental illness and the devastation it can wreak on lives. But above all, it is a story of motherhood and love and of healing through the humble act of baking."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Karras, Mary
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cypriots
- Women
- Women
- Families
- Families
- Nineteen seventies
- Nineteen eighties
- Runaway wives
- Bakeries
- Women, Cypriot
- Families
- Cyprus
- London (England)
- Cyprus
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The making of Mrs Petrakis, Mary Karras
- Note
- "One family. Two countries."--On cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069143862
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781529344943
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1242828465
- Label
- The making of Mrs Petrakis, Mary Karras
- Note
- "One family. Two countries."--On cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069143862
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781529344943
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1242828465
Subject
- Cyprus -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction
- Cyprus -- History -- Coup d'état, 1974 -- Fiction
- Families -- Cyprus -- Fiction
- Families -- England | London -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 1951- -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Bakeries -- Fiction
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Runaway wives -- Fiction
- Women -- Cyprus -- Fiction
- Women -- England | London -- Fiction
- Women, Cypriot -- England -- Fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
- Cypriots -- England | London -- Fiction
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