THE DREAM

About the Book

It was WW II and the Germans occupied Athens, Greece. The sounds of the Germans' marching boots made everyone tremble from fear and hundreds of thousands suffered from hunger.

All of this was the backdrop for the dream of a young boy who had lost his father and was struggling to survive and find a better life.

Finally, freedom from danger, hunger and economic squalor happened when the young boy, Dimitrios, decided to drop everything and to leave to start a new life in the New World.

This decision was filled with its own uncertainties, but also offered excitement and promise for a bright new future.

About the Author

Dimitrios Florakis is seventy-two years old. He is married to Helen and has two sons and four grandchildren. He retired at sixty-two from Columbia University after thirty-four years of service in the field of Physics. While employed in that field, he also found time to go into real estate and insurance.