Fortune Favors the Bold: A Woman's Odyssey Through a Turbulent Century (Paperback)

from LynnB

This book tells the story of Theodosia Modis, from her youth to the end of her long life. She was a brave girl and woman who lived through civil wars between Greeks and Turks, forced expulsions and population swaps, wars, loss of family members and much more. She also found love and raised a fami...

from janerawoof

Life story of an intrepid Greek girl who comes to live in Greece as part of a population swap--Ottoman Greeks to Greece/Turks to dying Ottoman Empire--during the early part of the 20th century. The book follows Theodosia's life as refugee through her whole long life as teacher, wife, and mother u...

from swampwoman

I found this biography to be touching and interesting. Good job Mr. Modis.

from SDaisy

This is the dramatic true story of the Modis family in Greece from 1921 to the early 2000s. It mainly centers around Theodosia, her husband Giorgos Modis, and their children Agla and Theodore. Written by Theodore and based mainly off of his reflections and those of his family, this is a great exa...

from SDaisy

This is the dramatic true story of the Modis family in Greece from 1921 to the early 2000s. It mainly centers around Theodosia, her husband Giorgos Modis, and their children Agla and Theodore. Written by Theodore and based mainly off of his reflections and those of his family, this is a great exa...