{"product_id":"the-summer-of-my-greek-taverna","title":"The Summer of My Greek Tavérna","description":" The story of a man in love with a place, a woman, and a dream. \u003cp\u003e Tom Stone went to Greece one summer to write a novel -- and stayed twenty-two years. On Patmos, he fell in love with Danielle, a beautiful French painter. His novel completed and sold, he decided to stay a little longer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Seven idyllic years later, they left Patmos for Crete. When a Patmian friend Theoligos called and offered him a summer partnership in his beach taverna, The Beautiful Helen, Stone jumped at the chance -- much to the dismay of his wife, who cautioned him not to forget the old adage about Greeks bearing gifts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her warning was well-founded: when back on Patmos, Stone quickly discovered that he was no longer a friend or patron but a competitor. He learned hard lessons about the Greeks' skill at bargaining and business while reluctantly coming to the realization that Theoligos's offer of a partnership was indeed a Trojan horse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Featuring Stone's recipes, including his own Chicken Retsina and the ultimate moussaka, \"The Summer of My Greek Taverna\" is as much a love story as it is the grand, humorous, and sometimes bittersweet adventures of an American pursuing his dreams in a foreign land, a modern-day innocent abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42985526132816,"sku":"9780743247719B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-summer-of-my-greek-taverna","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}