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Stella's journey from Thessaloniki, Greece to America begins with a pre-dawn taxi ride that she and her sister share while the coffin holding a loved one rides along in the taxi's trunk. Orphaned and separated from her younger sister for her own good as the culture dictated at the time, Stella ends up being adopted by a Greek couple that had emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in the US. At age 11, she overcomes multiple losses and cultural differences to find a place in her new homeland, while finding ways to stay connected to those she loved in Greece. This story of resilience and perseverance follows Stella's journey of becoming an Amerikanaki and eventually reconnecting with her sister, who had stayed in Greece with her own set of adoptive parents. Even as Stella embraces her new life and culture in America, she rebuilds her loving relationship with her sister after an eight-year separation. Later in life, the sisters take another taxi ride together, this time to recover important details of their birth parents' life stories that mirror the determination to survive and thrive that marks their own.

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In her memoir, Taxi to America, Stella Nahatis has delivered a compelling portrait of a girl who refused to be defined by a series of tragedies that would have defeated a person less brave--and less stubborn. --John Christie, author of The Prince of Wentworth Street--An American Boyhood in the Shadow of a Genocide, and Co-founder and consulting editor, Pine Tree Watch Taxi to America is a well-crafted and beautifully written story about loss and the importance of family and the personal core values of courage and resiliency in meeting life's challenges. --Christine L. McGrath, Director of Operations, Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Taxi to America is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the immigrant experience on an individual level. From the age of eleven, Stella goes through the immigrant struggles of becoming part of the United States to providing her gifts to this country as a parent, worker, and community member. --Diane Portnoy, Founder and CEO, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.

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Stella's journey from Thessaloniki, Greece to America begins with a pre-dawn taxi ride that she and her sister share while the coffin holding a loved one rides along in the taxi's trunk. Orphaned and separated from her younger sister for her own good as the culture dictated at the time, Stella ends up being adopted by a Greek couple that had emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in the US. At age 11, she overcomes multiple losses and cultural differences to find a place in her new homeland, while finding ways to stay connected to those she loved in Greece. This story of resilience and perseverance follows Stella's journey of becoming an Amerikanaki and eventually reconnecting with her sister, who had stayed in Greece with her own set of adoptive parents. Even as Stella embraces her new life and culture in America, she rebuilds her loving relationship with her sister after an eight-year separation. Later in life, the sisters take another taxi ride together, this time to recover important details of their birth parents' life stories that mirror the determination to survive and thrive that marks their own.

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