Eleni

In1948,ascivilwarravagedGreece,childrenwereabductedandsenttocommunist"camps"insidetheIronCurtain.EleniGatzoyiannis,forty-one,defiedthetraditionsofhersmallvillageandtheterrorofthecommunistinsurgentstoarrangefortheescapeofherthreedaughtersandherson,Nicola.Forthatact,shewasimprisoned,tortured,andexecutedincoldblood.NicholasGagejoinedhisfatherinMassachusettsattheageofnineandgrewuptobecomeatopNewYorkTimesinvestigativereporter,honinghisskillswithonethoughtinmind:toreturntoGreeceanduncovertheonestoryhecaredaboutmost:thestoryofhismother.Elenitakesyouintotheheartavillagedestroyedinthenameofidealsandintothesoulofatrulyheroicwoman.