![]() ![]() However, on the whole, this is a beautifully written and well-observed tale that will take you straight into the Tuscan countryside. This may have been due to the mix of fact and fiction, which at times jarred a little. Though I enjoyed the book, I did find it a little hard to get into at first. ![]() There are photographs too, and while in the Kindle edition these are quite hard to see, Angela’s words make up for any lack of detail. In researching her parents past, she will discover secrets about the war, her parents and herself, which will change her life forever. She travels to the beautiful Tuscan Apennines, where the story unfolds. ![]() ![]() The ‘Now’ parts of the book trace the lives of English Anna, her Italian husband Francesco, and their children, charting the differences and similarities of their lives in contrast to the older generation.Īngela Petch has an eye for the minutiae of life and her writing is crammed with stunning descriptions, bringing the story and her characters vividly into focus. Tuscan Roots: A Tangle of Love and War in the Italian Apennines. Now and Then in Tuscany: Italian JourneysĪ sequel to the author’s first novel, ‘Tuscan Roots’, this volume follows the journey of Giuseppe Starnucci, in the early part of the last century, as he exchanges an unhappy life at a seminary for one travelling with shepherds, herding sheep to new grazing lands near the Tuscan coast. ![]()
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