It turns out she was dating a Greek Jewish man who wanted to know, 'How is it this person who knows about Greek Independence Day and wasn't Greek?'"īatshaw said the exchange led to her discovery of the Greek Jewish community in Greece and how it was decimated during World War II. "I used to do international adoptions in Cambodia and one of my clients wrote back on Facebook and asked me if I was Greek. "It was Greek Independence Day and I took some pictures and put them on Facebook," said Batshaw. While doing research for the new book, she visited Tarpon Springs, Flordia, which has the largest percentage of Greeks per capita in the United States. "I had written a book about 19th century Greece and I wanted to write another book using those characters," said Batshaw. It was her immersion in Greek culture as part of her research for "Echoes in the Mist" that led her to the tragic story of Greece during World War II. Batshaw, whose previous books include "Love's Journey," "Kate's Journey," and "Echoes in the Mist," is not Greek, but she fell in love with Greek culture as a college student and says she has always felt a special connection to Greece and its people.
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