Fields Of Thorns: Blue Diamond of Anatolia

Fields of Thorns is a historical fiction novel based on true facts. The plot starts out in Smyrna, Turkey the Aegean Coast in the 1900s then; but today it's known as Izmir and it's part of Istanbul. The book is a biographical novel inspired by the author's maternal grandmother Fotini. Fotini and her family were chased from their home in Smyrna to escape the fires that had ignited at the city's waterfront. At the time, barely 20 years old, Fotini was married & eight months pregnant with her ...