The Secret of the Tent: An Inspirational True Story

By Litsa Bolontzakis

AN INSPIRATIONAL TRUE STORY!

Set at the beginning of the Century, the extermination of the Armenian and Greek population is a startling reality! Those fifty years of non-stop killings of innocent people did not end until after the Second World War when millions were certified dead. 

Secret of the Tent is a daring but true recount of the author's own survival story, as recorded in her grandpapa's handwritten journal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hummingbird Publications
• Release date: Dec 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393893493

Litsa Bolontzakis

Litsa Bolontzakis

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THE SECRET

OF THE TENT

AN

INSPIRATIONAL

TRUE STORY

LITSA BOLONTZAKIS

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This book is dedicated to family unity—a fundamental principle and a humanitarian goal—an essential framework of protection and a key to unconditional love.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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DEDICATION

PROLOGUE

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

MY LIFE AS A CHILD

MY MEMORIES OF GRANDMAMMA

CORINTH, GREECE COUNTRYSIDE

GROWING UP

CANADA 1964

FRANCE 1988

THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1988

FRIDAY

QUEBEC, CANADA 1998

THE SECRET OF THE TENT

FALL 1995

MY GREAT GRANDPAPA’S HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL

COLLÈGE PREP INTERNATIONAL

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PROLOGUE

THE SECRET OF THE TENT is my most treasured memories of the beautiful lady that lived there. My grandmamma wore bright, long dresses and her long hair was always pulled up. The floor of her big tent was covered with beautiful carpets. Whenever I looked inside, I loved the smell and everything I saw. In the middle of the tent sat my grandmamma like a vision from a dream, quiet and looking like royalty.

She made me happy and comfortable. I had so many questions when I visited my father’s mom. First, I could not understand why my grandmamma lived in a tent. Why she sat on the floor, and why the little table almost touched the floor. She called it her sofra, (Turkish for dining table) but my grandmamma would make her cookies on it.

All her cooking was done on that small table that touched the floor, and everything she cooked was so delicious it was as if she had a special touch, a special sprinkle and voila, perfection.

Was it her magic touch or the different spices she had brought with her from the faraway land? What amazed me was how gracefully she sat on the floor and how elegantly she would sit down and get up after being so low. If you think it’s that easy, just try for a whole day.

I could not understand why there were so many copper pots and pans hanging from a rope. I loved looking at the shiny pots and the variety of bright, colourful cushions she owned. I guess they were reminders of a better life; one that ended abruptly and without reason. Was this all that was left, and why was her face so sad?

CHAPTER 1

Early 20th Century

MY DAD COSTANDINOS and his sister Agda were born in Turkey, a country in the