FROM ATHENS TO PAPAKURA

This book tells the story of a Greek boy, Nikos Petousis, born in 1936 in Athens, Greece, his subsequent journey to New Zealand as a teenager and his successful life here. Nikos lived through both WW2 then the Greek Civil War in his hometown. He endured bombing – seeing parts of bodies spread out in front of him, hunger – looking for food in the gutter, cold - walking barefoot through the snow, and poverty – five adults living in one room, throughout that period. Despite all that he managed...