The Fiddleher’s Daughter

This is the true story of a girl, Eleni, who fought against all odds in order to fulfill her lifelong ambition: to become a teacher. In the greek island of Corfu at the early 20th century, the obstacles she was faced with were insurmountable: She was very poor, she was socially stigmatized due to her father’s wrong doings and she was a female, which excluded her from the right to an education, according to the convictions of society in those days. During all this time, and for ten whole years, Greece was at war. Amid all this drama, a poor, deserted and socially abandoned creature, decides to change her life and get away from predetermined misery.
Eleni’s vision, her strong will and love for life were her only weapons. Yet the struggles she had to face over and over again, the new set of blows and unprecedented catastrophes would have been enough to overwhelm an adult let alone a lonely young girl.
A tragic end would have been inevitable had there not been an invisible gentle caring hand to protect her since she was a little child. Each time she was lead to a dead end this unexpected helping hand appeared out of nowhere. The fact that she finally succeeded in reaching her aim, was nothing short of a miracle. However, her struggle wasn’t over. New problems appeared, unprecedented catastrophes and again the unexpected help. At the end of her long struggle she experiences the first fluttering of love with a young teacher and together they continue their journey through life.
Through all her experiences, the life lessons she gained and the miracle of reaching her aim, Eleni realized whose this hand was, that helped her to fulfill her dream and find what she was actually searching for: the father’s love she had missed and the happiness of a secure hope.
This riveting story unfolds in a continuous, flowing sequence of events, capturing the interest of the reader. Sadness and sympathy alternate with happiness and laughter. Eleni’s personality is very impressive. She has a thirst for life. She is a girl that makes you want to laugh and cry. Her undying love for her father remained a lifelong secret, despite being abandoned and wronged by him. Her feelings often get hurt, but she makes sure she doesn’t hurt other people.
Eleni is surrounded by other wonderful characters, some of them offering the unexpected help in dramatically difficult moments. As in every life story there were also those who only brought her unhappiness and harm. In their endings we see that justice is served, even in this life.