Antonia and Her Daughters : Secrets, Love, Friendship and Family in Tuscany Hardcover - 2012
by De Blasi, Marlena
- Used
Description
Details
- Title Antonia and Her Daughters : Secrets, Love, Friendship and Family in Tuscany
- Author De Blasi, Marlena
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Main
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Date 2012-05-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1559549-6
- ISBN 9781742374079 / 1742374077
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 7.2 x 5.7 x 1.3 in (18.29 x 14.48 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Tuscany (Italy) - Social life and customs, De Blasi, Marlena - Travel - Italy - Tuscany
- Dewey Decimal Code 945.508
About Better World Books Indiana, United States
Better World Books is the world's leading socially conscious online bookseller and has sold over 100 million books. Each sale generates funds for global literacy and education initiatives. We offer low prices, fast shipping, and have a 100% money back guarantee, if you are not completely satisfied.
Better World Books wants every single one of its customers to be happy with their purchase. If you are not satisfied your purchase or simply find out that it was not the book you were looking for, please e-mail us at: help@betterworldbooks.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible with directions on how to return the book to our warehouse. Please keep in mind that because we deal mostly in used books, any extra components, such as CDs or access codes, are usually not included. CDs: If the book does include a CD, it will be noted in the book's description ("With CD!"). Otherwise, there is no CD included, even if the term is used in the book's title. Access Codes: Unless the book is described as "New," please assume that the book does *not* have an access code.
Summary
But her plans to live simply, in peace and quiet, are overturned when she meets the imperious, tempestuous Antonia, the still-stunning, elderly matriarch of a large, complicated family of four generations of beautiful blue-eyed Italian women, all with stories and ideas of their own. Antonia dislikes tourists and outsiders, and so Marlena at first spars and clashes with her, before they reach an understanding. Over feasts and family dinners, walking in the dark before sunrise to harvest wild lettuces, preparing meals and exchanging recipes, the two women joust, joke, exchange confidences and grow closer and closer until finally Antonia reveals the terrible secrets behind the vivid beauty of Il Castelleto.
Evocative, powerful and haunting, this is a compelling insight into Italy's recent past and a revealing glimpse into one extraordinary woman's story and her kitchen.