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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN PLATO PAPAJOHN $29.95
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Plato Papajohn’s true story begins just before the outbreak of World War II, with an idyllic glimpse of village life in the Greek island of Evia, where the eleven-year-old Plato rises early each Sunday morning to ring the bells of his beloved church. Soon, however, the beauty of Greece, its people, its islands, its majestic mountains and peaceful beaches, are to fall into the brutal hands of the Nazis, and Plato’s idyllic world will turn into a nightmare. As a result of the occupation, life becomes a daily struggle for survival, a struggle that transforms Plato, the innocent child, into a cold, unfeeling creature capable of doing whatever he deems necessary to keep himself and his family alive during these terrible years.
Those who never felt the cold breath of war, death, and starvation, on the back of their necks cannot relate to the haunted dreams of those who have. And Papajohn’s true story of struggle and survival does not end after the liberation. The evil communist uprising and the ensuing civil war bring in more horrors to young Plato, his family, and friends; more experiences of brutality, intrigue, betrayal, cunning, and revenge.
Always a survivor, Plato, much hardened by his experience of the Nazi occupation and the civil war, manages to overcome these horrors and to emigrate from the tiny village in Evia, to a new life in the United States, where he must face new challenges as he becomes acculturated to a new homeland.
His journey, always moving and inspiring, becomes even more so, when, along the way, he comes to discover the purpose of his existence by rediscovering the God who, he thought, had long abandoned him.
Plato’s journey, both worldly and spiritual, continues as he moves on to a new home and a new life in the prosperous post-war America where he eventually becomes a husband, a father, and a successful businessman.
Reviews:
Stairway to Heaven is a powerful account of a man’s existential response to some of life’s greatest themes...
–Rev. Fr. Paul Costopoulos, Dean of the Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Birmingham, Alabama.
You made me cry! Need I say more than that? Your Stairway to Heaven is superb.
–Ernest Borgnine
Never before has the tragedy of a shattered childhood, filled with terror, masterfully captured the hearts of readers.
–Irene Lafakis, Author of Gladsome Rose. - Please allow 7-14 days for delivery