New · A Memoir · 2026
Maude
A memoir of friendship, memory, and a disappearing Minneapolis.
In 1969, a young Greek Fulbright scholar walks down a freezing Dinkytown street in search of a wine opener — and meets Maude Hart, a sharp, eccentric, deeply private woman living in the basement of her family's former grandeur. That encounter becomes a lifelong friendship.
A Diary from the Greek-Italian Front of WWII
Written on the Knee
The wartime diary of Dr. Theodore Electris, translated by his daughter — with an introduction by Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
In 1940, a newly married Greek army doctor was called to the front in the remote mountains of Albania. Homesick, hungry, and desperately missing his young wife, he kept an intimate journal to preserve his experiences for her — often literally written on his knee.
News & Events
Talk at Bloomington, MN Rotary
Helen presents Written on the Knee to the Bloomington Rotary Club — watch the full talk.
October 2015Presentation in Dayton, Ohio
A presentation on the diary and the Greek-Italian front, hosted in Dayton, Ohio.
May 2015Interview on Fox 9's The Buzz
Helen discusses her father's diary on Twin Cities television.
About Helen
Helen Electrie Lindsay was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and came to the United States on a Fulbright scholarship to study physics. Years later, she returned to her father's wartime diary — translating and annotating it so that his story, and Greece's, would not be forgotten.