And my mother's bitter tears

A semi-autobiographical novel of two boys growing up in the Greek Community of San Francisco in the 1940s. They obtain fake birth certificates to join the US army to escape the repressive atmosphere of Greektown and the tension between being Greek and American. As underage soldiers they end up in the first disastrous battles of the Korean War.

Un roman semi-autobiografic despre doi baieti care au crescut in comunitatea greaca din San Francisco in anii 1940. Ei obtin certificate de nastere false pentru a se alatura armatei americane pentru a scapa de atmosfera represiva din Greektown si de tensiunea dintre a fi grec si american.