{"product_id":"the-amalgam-maria-karametou-9783988322203","title":"The Amalgam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA tenderly told story of a complex inheritance, displacement, and secrets\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" Nadia Hashimi, internationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Pearl That Broke Its Shell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAthens, 1984. All Meta wants is to escape her tyrannical father and the future he demands of her. But when her dying grandmother, Metaxia, presses a mysterious heirloom into her hands-begging her to return it to the lost Greek village in Asia Minor from which she was violently expelled during World War I-Meta makes a promise she doesn't fully understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing to America in a desperate bid for freedom, Meta must survive on her own after her father cuts her off-penniless, hungry, and clinging to her dream of becoming an artist. Yet the heirloom wrapped in her grandmother's handkerchief refuses to be forgotten. Years later, a shattering moment forces Meta to confront the life she has built-and the history she has tried to outrun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer journey to Turkey becomes a pilgrimage across continents and across time, echoing Metaxia's own flight from violence decades earlier. As their parallel stories converge, Meta must finally face the truth: can we ever return to the places that made us-or only to the person we were meant to become?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweeping, intimate, and deeply human, \u003cem\u003eThe Amalgam\u003c\/em\u003e is the tale of two women bound by survival, exile, and the unbreakable pull of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Karametou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3988322202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783988322203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vine Leaves Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.78d","brand":"Maria Karametou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447201542399,"sku":"9783988322203","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73a158ad-0a21-4133-b09b-8efd6f8109c9.jpg?v=1777229524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-amalgam-maria-karametou-9783988322203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}