Smith Colby Cedar - Call Me Athena Girl From Detroit - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: An enchanting novel in verse Call Me Athena captures one young woman's struggle for independence equality and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit. Mary lives in a tiny apartment in Detroit in the 1930s with her Greek and French immigrant parents her brothers and her twin sister and she questions why her parents ever came to America. She yearns for true love to own her own business and to be an independent modern American woman much to the chagrin of her parents who want her to be a good Greek girl. Mary's story is peppered with flashbacks to her parents childhoods in Greece and northern France; their stories connect with Mary as they address issues of arranged marriage learning about independence and yearning to grow beyond one's own culture. Though Call Me Athena is written from the perspective of three profoundly different narrators it has a wide - reaching message: It takes courage to fight for tradition and heritage as well as freedom love and equality. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit is a beautifully written novel in verse loosely based on author Colby Cedar Smith's paternal grandmother creating a historically accurate portrayal of life as an immigrant during the Great Depression hunger strikes and violent riots.
Title: Call Me Athena Girl From Detroit
Author(s): Smith Colby Cedar
Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Publishing
Barcode: 9781524865450
Pages: 576 Pages
Publication Date: 8/17/2021
Category: Historical Fiction (Children's / Teenage)