Nina Pappas's Newly Released "Laura Smile" is a Heart-Wrenching Autobiographical Novel About a Distressed Woman Who Married Herself Into a Storm
"Laura Smile" from Christian Faith Publishing author Nina Pappas is an absorbing, painfully honest novel, where the mother, known to all as "Red," marries a volatile Greek man who then tosses their family into a storm of financial woes, crime kept under cover, and strained relationships among other things--but as Red bravely struggles to raise their innocent children, she begins living in a dream world in an attempt to escape from it all.
MEADVILLE, Pa., Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "Laura Smile": a heart-rending family drama. "Laura Smile" is the creation of published author Nina Pappas, a poet and lover of the arts with Irish and Greek ancestry now living in Alabama with her husband and their British retriever.
Pappas writes, "We do not get to choose our parents or the families into which we are born. That is predestined by God, for those who believe it. We are all born innocent, but for many, that time of innocence passes much too quickly. Such was the case for Laura Faye Flannery (Red), nicknamed for her thick copper red mane. Her days of childhood innocence came to an abrupt ending when she was thrown into a life that she did not want or ask for. Red would spend the next twenty-five years trying to escape from her life, living on daydreams and secrets to ease her sadness, while raising the children that were brought into that life. They too were innocent.
Red had hoped that she might write a book one day about what had transpired from the first day she married Louk Papadakas, a domineering Greek man, who had many secrets of his own. But as the years disappeared, so did Red's mind. As dementia and later full Alzheimer's took over the memory of this brave and determined woman, her daughter, Melina, decided to write the story for her. Melina and her siblings had been raised in this fallacious marriage but held a loyalty for both parents, even though they had each suffered the brunt of it. Though Melina had lived through much of it herself, there were missing pieces that still lay hidden in her mother's memory."
Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Nina Pappas's new book is a tantalizing tale of family dysfunction and profound disappointment that nevertheless gives way in the end to a bittersweet peace of mind and a hope that comes with understanding.
As the narrator of the story learns to remain within love despite all and progress into forgiveness, readers will be touched by the complexity of the human heart.
View a synopsis of "Laura Smile" on YouTube.
Consumers can purchase "Laura Smile" at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.
For additional information or inquiries about "Laura Smile", contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.
SOURCE Christian Faith Publishing
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