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Standing by themselves in the VIP box of the Olympic Games in 2004, Gianna Angelopoulos started out to dance. The entire world experienced doubted Greece's capacity to successfully stage this global event. She danced to commemorate the efforts of all Greeks-and her own-to number a phenomenally successful event, an attempt that showed the earth a new Greece, a Greece worth its illustrious heritage.Little do she know a few years later her country would depart the lessons of the Olympics and become embroiled in a politics and economic problems that could devastate Greece and threaten the monetary security of Europe. In My Greek Episode,Gianna Angelopoulos - known in her home country simply as "Gianna" - has written a memoir that is as much about Greece's voyage as her own. From her child years in Crete, to rules school in Thessaloniki, to Athens, where she overcame male-dominated legal and politics cultures to help redefine general population service in Greece, Giannaworked her way into becoming one of the most respected ladies in Greek general population life. Balancing motherhood, business, and a place in the upper echelons of world culture, Gianna never lost her interest for general population service and brought the 2004 Olympic Games back from the brink of catastrophe. Her life, her Cinderella love storyline, and her depth of will are evenly unforgettable. From experiences of handing out basil seed products on the pavements of Athens to courting the earth on behalf of her country, My Greek Episode captures the losing ambition of the rebellious female from the island of Crete who "lit" the Olympic torch. Her storyline should help rekindle the soul of the Greek people, and ofevery one who has ever struggled to improve the world.
