MACEDONIA TO AMERICA AND BACK

Thomay Nestor
 

The essence of family and culture runs throughout the book. Because of the murder of his father by the Bulgars, sixteen-year-old Dimitri, the eldest son, must flee for his life. His mother though holds the family together.... In America, this immigrant boy moves from dishwasher to restauranteur to movie entrepreneur, climbing upward steadily, resourcefully, amassing wealth in the new world. He moves among the nobility of the screen world, from Charlie Chaplin to Al Jolson, even being involved in the production of The Jazz Singer. But, he returns to his beloved Macedonia, always remembering his mother’s words: Accept whatever Fate brings you; there’s nothing we can do about it.