Bithynios is the small village in Greece near Bursa where Desdemona and Lefty were born and raised. Bithynios is the hometown they left to emigrate to America.
Desdemona and Lefty immigrated and settled in Detroit. The couple chose Detroit because their cousin, Sourmelina, lived there with her husband and invited the newlyweds to live with them. Detroit was home to the Stephanides family until they moved to the suburbs after the race riots.
After the Detroit race riots in the.....
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