Summer of My Greek Taverna, the: A Memoir | 
 enlarge | Author: Stone
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1008520
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0743205413
Dewey Decimal Number: 647.9549587
EAN: 9780743205412
ASIN: 0743205413
Publication Date: July 15, 2002
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 Overcooked. October 6, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Very evocative descriptions of the Greek island of Patmos and some interesting insights into the Greek way of life. However, Stone comes over as rather naive in his dealings with the locals. The events took place many years ago and I suspect Stone was inspired by the current success of the travel writing genre - he admits that he got the idea in an airport bookstore.
The way Stone ended the narrative part of the book was mean-spirited, in my opinion, and detracted from my overall enjoyment.
Pleasant holiday read May 26, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is an enjoyable and well written personal account of the author's experiences of Patmos and the people he met and worked with. I think some people go over the top with the reviews on many of these books set in holiday destinations, because they love Greece and aspire to have this type of experience. It is a pleasant read and quite evocative but thats all.
 A perfect read for a Greek beach (or any beach!) June 14, 2006
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This superbly written tale of hope, adventure, aspiration, disappointment and final triumph is quite simply one of the best travel 'reads' around - I sat on a beach in Crete last week and read it in one go! Tears on the way as I rad it but it left me with sense of real hope as someone who one day hopes to emulate Stones travel - the descriptions of the food are responsible for my expanded waste line! Don't miss it - Brilliant!
Find your own kefi !!! July 3, 2005
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
This book is a very humorous and well written story of a man in love with a place, and of his dreams to be a world famous restauranteur. Patmos, the tiny Greek island famed for St.John's Book of Revelations, just off Samos and requiring several hours journey by boat to get there is where Tom Stone wrote this his second novel. He is given the chance to go into partnership in a taverna on a beach named 'The Beautiful Helen'-after the former wife of its current owner . He took the opportunity, against the advice of his wife, and friends, and changed roles from tourist to cook. Taking his wife and two small children with him he was no longer able to while away his time being "the host" and drinking into the wee small hours, but had to work hard in the kitchen, developing varicose veins into the bargain. Closing the restaurant in those wee small hours, falling into bed and sleeping for a while then opening again for the fishermen at seven.
Despite the relentless hard work the book tells of many joys: the changing beauty of the island, friendships with islanders and foreigners he had known over the years, descriptions of island life, festivals , parties and traditions, and the people that Tom has had the fortune to get to know in the many years he has been there, yachts that arrived from nearby Mykonos for dinner and the everlasting support of his long suffering wife and family.
The book tells of this one summer - a time of change and of learning just who your friends are and a time of growing up for Tom. It was a very pleasant compulsive read, one that I found hard to put down and that I wanted to finish and savour along with all of the lovely foods so vividly described. I wanted to taste the cool tzatziki, the fiery chilli and the sticky pickled quince and wash it all down with endless glasses of retsina. Above all I wanted to find my own kefi on my own greek island taverna!
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