My Greek Drama: Life, Love, and One Woman's Olympic Effort to Bring Glory to Her Country (Audiobook)

from fist

Not a drama, but a farce. My feelings for the author as I went through this book went from irritation, anger, scorn to pity. The woman comes across as a delusional megalomaniac, a gold digger and possibly a psychopath. No doubt she made things happen, but you leave this book thinking it was only ...

from ponder

Although I try not to read other reviews before starting a book, I did in this case. I agree that Gianna has an extraordinary sense of self. Also, her fixation on powerful people and couture bleeds through on to the pages. However, it is a different culture and she was resourceful in how she achi...

from Wabbit98

Just your run of the mill memoir, like many memoirs it is interesting to read for how do we deal with oral stories, one that change over time. With the facts getting blurry and memories hazy. Not the worst that I have ever read, but not the best; it is your standard story of one women's struggles...

from Gatorhater

This is the life story of a business women, Gianna Angelopoulos Daskaaki, an in depth look into her her families hardships and accomplishments, with her drive towards educational achievements and goals, a political career in law and government (Greek Parliament) with a "can do and will do attitud...

from vpfluke

Gianna Angelopoulos has written a story of her accomplishments in bringing the 2004 Olympic Games to succesa. She is a person with terrific presence and drive. When she came into rescure the preparation for the Games, the world was skeptical that the Olympic would come off. She had to battle gove...