Homer’s Where The Heart Is: Two journalists, one crazy dog and a love affair with Greece (The Peloponnese Series)

“Homer is blissfully addictive.” Reader review An expat book of the year, 2015. The Displaced Nation, expat site. Book 2 of the Peloponnese series Homer’s Where The Heart Is continues the story where the best-selling travel memoir (Things Can Only Get Feta) left off. Two journalists and their crazy terrier Wallace are in the second year of their riotous adventure, living in the wild Mani region of southern Greece, and sharing an olive grove in an eccentric and humorous set-up with their new Greek landlords. The location seems perfect, apart from Greeks on the edge, a gun-toting neighbour and a she-wolf with a shady past. But the couple soon face their biggest challenge yet, pulled into the chaos of the country’s worsening economic crisis – along with some of the original village characters from Feta – as Greece faces a disastrous exit from the eurozone. This insightful memoir also reveals the author’s life-long passion for Greece. Woven into the narrative is Marjory’s gripping back story from another dark time while she was working in Athens, at the tail end of the military dictatorship of the 1970s. It will reveal haunting parallels between this period of history and the economic crisis and will highlight as much about Greece as it does about her own personal journey at a young age. Homer also takes the reader on a memorable journey around the Mani, including an exclusive tour of the late Patrick Leigh Fermor’s unique home in Kardamyli, just after his death in 2011 and filled with his many books, furniture and memorablilia. This edition also features some of the author’s own photographs of Greece. REVIEWS “Marjory is a skilled wordsmith who has combined her journalistic expertise and story-telling flair to create a highly laudable sequel to Things Can Only Get Feta.” – Peter Kerr, best- selling author of Snowball Oranges “Through her stories, sentiments and humor, we see and feel her love for Greece. Put this at the top of your summer reading list.” – Maria A. Karamitsos, Founder and Editor, WindyCity Greek, Chicago “Beautifully written, at times funny and always insightful. What more could you ask.” – Richard Clark, author of the Greek Notebook series “Marjory takes us on an odyssey with mind, heart and great skill. I loved reading this book.” – Pamela Jane Rogers, author of Greekscapes. “Another wonderful book by Marjory McGinn. The ending tugged at my heart.” – Linda Fagioli-Katsiotas, author of Greek memoir, The Nifi. “Beautifully written. Her historic insight gives this book a gravitas far beyond its genre without taking anything away from a charming read.” – Anthony Hooper, author of The Glass Lie. “A fascinating and heartwarming memoir. I absolutely loved this book and had a huge lump in my throat at the end of it.” – Valerie Poore, author of Watery Ways. Marjory McGinn is a Scottish-born journalist who has worked as a feature writer for major newspapers in the UK, and in Australia, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Daily Mail and The Scotsman. Now based in Cornwall in the UK, she still regularly visits Greece and has also set two novels in Greece. In 2010 she moved to the Mani, in southern Greece, with her husband Jim and famously eccentric terrier Wallace, during the economic crisis, which became the basis for most of her books to date. Marjory is a member of the Society of Authors in London and she also writes a blog with a Greek theme on her website www.bigfatgreekodyssey.com You can follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram –This text refers to the paperback edition.