{"product_id":"athena-ii-when-dust-becomes-inheritance-9781997575269","title":"Athena II: When Dust Becomes Inheritance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eATHENA II: When Dust Becomes Inheritance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome inherit wealth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOthers inherit war, secrets, and survival.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe escaped the dust of Greece.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe crossed an ocean to build a new life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut the past was not finished with Athena.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGREECE - WAR - EXILE - FAMILY - POVERTY- INHERITANCE-IMMIGRATION-SELFLESSNESS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreece, WW2, and The Greek Civil War has left scars that time and distance cannot erase.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Montreal, Athena believes she has finally found a future.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLove. 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Sequel to \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eATHENA: Swirls of Unsettled Dust\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAthena II: When Dust Becomes Inheritance\u003c\/strong\u003e A compelling historical fiction novel set against the aftermath of WWII and the Greek Civil War. Follow Athena's journey from Greece to Montreal as she faces love, betrayal, immigration, family, sacrifice and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe crossed an ocean to save her family. She never imagined that the greatest battle would be against the past she carried with her. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontreal is supposed to be Athena's new beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer family is finally together. Her sisters and brother are building lives of their own. Her children are growing. The deli has become a business, and the sacrifices she made seem, at last, to have been worth something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut beneath the promise of a new life, Athena discovers that some things cannot be left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer father's cruelty still echoes in her mind. Her mother's silence still haunts her. And the marriage she once believed would give her security is tarnishing as Aristotelis spends more time away from home and Athena finds herself questioning the man she married.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen comes the past she thought she had buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDimitri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe man she left behind in Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe man who never stopped loving her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs long buried secrets begin to surface, Athena is forced to confront the painful choices that shaped her life. The family she saved. The love she sacrificed. The marriage she endured. The children she brought into a world she desperately wants to make better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd slowly, Athena begins to understand that inheritance is not always something placed in your hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes it is a wound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes it is a silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes it is a curse whispered by a father and carried across an ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut sometimes, inheritance is courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the mountains and villages of postwar Greece to the streets of immigrant Montreal, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAthena 2: When Dust Becomes Inheritance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is a sweeping historical family saga about love, betrayal, motherhood, sacrifice, immigration, and the invisible wounds passed from one generation to the next.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAthena has spent her life surviving the choices of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow she must decide whether she will continue carrying their inheritance...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eor become the woman who finally breaks the cycle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome curses are inherited.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome are remembered.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd some are waiting for one woman brave enough to end them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessie Hionis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessie G Hionis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Athena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997575269","brand":"Jessie G Hionis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48671136874633,"sku":"9781997575269","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_17ea1d6e-6e73-4bc5-afcd-07187edb7245.jpg?v=1791954993","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/athena-ii-when-dust-becomes-inheritance-9781997575269","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}