A good Greek girl does not disobey her parents.

She accepts the proxy marriage they arrange for her.

She does not go to parties with her Australian girlfriends and then come home with a love bite!

Above all, she does not lose her virginity!

We have a saying in Greek which goes like this: Poutana zoe. Translated into English it means Life's a Bitch and what a filthy little bitch life can be if, like me, you were born female and Greek! Headstrong, opinionated and always at odds with my Greek parents, I left Australia at the age of twenty to travel to Greece, the country of my birth. There I started the long journey of reconciling the two aspects of me: my Greek tradition with my Australian way of life.

Life's a Bitch is my story. It is about the dreams that go awry, the stumbles along the way and the events that can change life profoundly. It's about the Angels who mark my journey through life, protecting and rewarding me in the most extraordinary ways.

I hope you will laugh and cry with me as you share my adventures. Most of all, I hope you will enjoy Poutana Zoe: Life's a Bitch.