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Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 Matia
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'A woman in my village gave me four prophecies...they have all come true, so far.

'Sia is a young Greek woman who has emigrated from Greece to Perth, Western Australia in 1945 for a better life. She carries with her four prophecies and four pieces of protective jewellery, matia, one for herself, her daughter, her granddaughter, and great-granddaughter. With a dooming prophecy hanging over each woman's head will their lives unfold as they want or are they chained to the fate that's been destined for them?

'Over four generations and three continents, linking back and forth over 125 years from Greece to Perth to New York and back to Greece, Emily Tsokos Purtill has weaved a story that is utterly captivating and deeply moving.'  (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: UWA Publishing , 2024 .
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      Extent: 300p.
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      • Publication date 1 October 2024

      ISBN: 9781760802905

Works about this Work

Emily Tsokos Purtill : Matia Ann Skea , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2024;

— Review of Matia Emily Tsokos Purtill , 2024 single work novel

'Emily Tsokos Purtill’s debut novel ranges across continents to tell the stories of five generations of Greek women.'

Emily Tsokos Purtill : Matia Ann Skea , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2024;

— Review of Matia Emily Tsokos Purtill , 2024 single work novel

'Emily Tsokos Purtill’s debut novel ranges across continents to tell the stories of five generations of Greek women.'

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