No One Crosses the Wolf, Lisa Nikolidakis
No One Crosses the Wolf, Lisa Nikolidakis
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No One Crosses the Wolf
A Memoir

Author: Lisa Nikolidakis

Narrator: Lisa Nikolidakis

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2022

Synopsis

A powerful memoir about the traumas of a perilous childhood, a shattering murder-suicide, and a healing journey from escape to survival to recovery.Growing up, Lisa Nikolidakis tried to make sense of her childhood, which was scarred by abuse, violence, and psychological terrors so extreme that her relationship with her father was cleaved beyond repair. Having finally been able to leave that relationship behind, surviving meant forgetting. For years, “I’m fine” was a lie Nikolidakis repeated.Then, on her twenty-seventh birthday, Nikolidakis’s father murdered his girlfriend and her daughter, and turned the gun on himself. Nikolidakis’s world cracked open, followed by conflicted emotions: shock, grief, mourning for the innocent victims, and relief that she had escaped the same fate. In the tragedy’s wake, questions lingered: Who was this man, and why had he inflicted such horrors on her and his last victims? For answers, Nikolidakis embarked on a quest to Greece to find her father’s estranged family and a reckoning with the past she never expected.In her gripping and moving memoir, Nikolidakis explores not only the making of a killer but her own liberation from the demons that haunted her and her profound self-restoration in the face of unimaginable crimes.

About Lisa Nikolidakis

Lisa Nikolidakis’s work has been selected for The Best American Essays 2016 (edited by Jonathan Franzen) and she has won numerous prizes and awards for both her fiction and nonfiction, including the Annie Dillard, the Orlando, and the Lamar York prizes. Born in Philadelphia and raised in New Jersey, Nikolidakis presently teaches creative writing, photographs animals, and writes. For more information, visit www.lisanikolidakis.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cid on August 03, 2022

The best books are those that make you feel. The best memoirs are those that make you remember your own experiences and, despite your differences, leaves you able to understand and empathize with the writer. NOONE CROSSES THE WOLF: A MEMOIR, does all of that. Lisa Nikolidakis is an excellent writer w......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on August 03, 2022

3.5 stars, fearlessly told, and it's a beautiful thing to have a voice, to stand up and tell your truth, your trauma, and how you come into your own strength and resilience. I do think there was repetition and moments describing all the drinking etc and some of that, maybe 50 pages or more even, cou......more

Goodreads review by Anita on May 28, 2023

A good, moderately interesting memoir about a young woman with an abusive father who ultimately finds peace by visiting her father's birthplace after his death. A memoir is only as interesting as a person's life story, and this one wasn't the most riveting, but well written. I did enjoy how the auth......more

Goodreads review by Julie on December 19, 2022

Moving Forward My head is definitely spinning after this story. Sadly, it happened in my family too. This book is about a murder-suicide. The questions about why will never, ever go away. What happened during that last hour? What happened? To point a gun and snuff the life from two souls, and then h......more

Goodreads review by Becky on August 13, 2022

Did not go into the explanations I was expecting. The author writes beautifully, which gives the reader much insight into the effects of her trauma. But my interpretation of the plot explanation led me to believe she would learn more of what led to her father's behavior from his family in Crete. This......more

Quotes

“Narrating her own memoir, Nikolidakis describes her traumatic childhood, communicating her pain with slow and deliberate pacing. Her tone lends gravitas and intimacy to this challenging text. While her memories are horrific, she also sensitively shares her journey toward healing and acceptance. Nikolidakis's story is difficult to hear, but she leaves listeners with a message of positivity and redemption.” —Library Journal“In this frank and often searing narrative, Nikolidakis examines what she describes as monstrous abuses perpetrated by her father, who, after leaving her family, murdered his new girlfriend and her daughter before committing suicide…With compelling clarity and eloquence, she anatomizes his ability to manipulate…A brave and inspiring account of a movement through pain to a complex reckoning and self-recovery.” —Kirkus Reviews“A gripping, brutally honest memoir that deals with some heavy themes but will leave readers feeling hopeful and reflective by the end. Readers who enjoy examining the human spirit will be drawn to this book.” —Library Journal (starred review)

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