ESTIA RISING is the intimate life of Estia Boyle, an attractive modern Greek woman, her mountain home, and of the three men in her life: her demanding father, the tall American officer she marries, and the American poet, she grows to love. Most of the story takes place in Greece of the late '70s and early '80s. All of Estia's life is told in her own voice and words. Because her father is not a kind man, she finds it convenient to escape him into the world of the red-headed officer. They have two daughters before she meets the bearded poet and begins the very sensual affair that offers her a way out of her marriage. Although the poet has his own family, his two children are roughly the same ages as hers and seem a good fit. Together Estia and her poet spread their passions throughout Greece and across parts of Europe. When both husband and lover have to return to their bases in the States, it becomes impossible for her to see her poet regularly and she feels forced to make a choice.