Tells the breathtaking story of calliope stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American stephanides family, who travel from a tiny village overlooking mount olympus in asia minor to prohibition-era detroit, wit...Tells the breathtaking story of calliope stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American stephanides family, who travel from a tiny village overlooking mount olympus in asia minor to prohibition-era detroit, witnessing its glory days as the motor city and the race riots of 1967 before moving out to the tree-lined streets of suburban grosse pointe, michig.