Return to the Italian Quarter
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'A fascinating account of Italian life, written with skill and insight' Katie Fforde Sophie is only a quarter Italian. But that quarter is her charismatic grandfather Cesare, and he has instilled in her a great love of her Italian heritage. So when a journalist starts to investigate Cesare's war record, Sophie is reluctant to question just how proud she should really be. She embarks upon a journey into the past which takes her from nineteenth-century Naples to London's Italian quarter and one of the Second World War's forgotten tragedies. And along the way she also learns something very important about herself...
Author: Domenica De Rosa
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 128mm x 198mm, 248 g
Published: 2018, Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
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'A fascinating account of Italian life, written with skill and insight' Katie Fforde Sophie is only a quarter Italian. But that quarter is her charismatic grandfather Cesare, and he has instilled in her a great love of her Italian heritage. So when a journalist starts to investigate Cesare's war record, Sophie is reluctant to question just how proud she should really be. She embarks upon a journey into the past which takes her from nineteenth-century Naples to London's Italian quarter and one of the Second World War's forgotten tragedies. And along the way she also learns something very important about herself...
Return to the Italian Quarter