Marianne Apostolides probes her father's childhood in wartime Greece, drawing out stories he'd long kept quiet. The narrative navigates family memory, personal loyalties and the uneasy moral choices that surface in times of conflict.

The Lucky Child examines how people and nations construct their pasts: the gaps, contradictions and small acts that shape identity. Ambiguous and inward-looking, the novel balances intimate family portraiture with wider questions about truth, storytelling and the legacy of violence.

Ideal for readers of literary and historical fiction, this work will appeal to those interested in oral history, family sagas and explorations of memory.

• Setting: wartime Greece
• Themes: memory, identity, moral ambiguity
• Format: Paperback, 204 pages; Mansfield Press (2010)

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