337pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2024
Costa Ayiotis on growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in a Greek immigrant family with his cotton-trader father, his mother, her mother-in-law and her sister-in-law.
A prequel to his book, My Big Fat Greek Taverna.
"A deliciously vivid piece in the jigsaw of South African stories - utterly charming." Michele Magwood, former Books Editor of the Sunday Times
Costa Ayiotis is a former lawyer, UN diplomat and restaurateur. Former owner of the Lemonia Greek Taverna in Hout Bay, he currently serves as an advisor, presenter, and contributor on data ethics for the Data Management Association of Southern Africa. He lives in Johannesburg.