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The Madonna of the Mountains

By: Elise Valmorbida
Narrated by: Cecilia Gragnani
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Set in the Veneto in Northern Italy and spanning nearly three decades following the First World War, The Madonna of the Mountains is a fierce, sharply observed and richly detailed account of a woman's fight to keep her family alive and thriving - at whatever cost.

We meet Maria in 1923 as she awaits the arrival of her husband, chosen for her by her father and miraculously neither disfigured nor damaged by the previous war. Together they start a shop and build a business and a family - but the creep of fascism casts a dark shadow, and the horrors of war, political and practical, threaten their very survival.

The Madonna of the Mountains is about what unites family and community and also what destroys them. It is about love and enmity, envy and generosity, two men, one God (and his mother) and the undying bond of a mother to her children.

©2018 Elise Valmorbida (P)2017 Audible, Ltd
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Excellent book - would recommend

I loved the details of remote mountain life in the early 20th century and the subsequent effects of fascism and WW2 ever day life and the community - unimaginable hardships, bravery, and betrayals.

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Brilliant and moving insight into war torn Veneto

Brings to life the 20th century village life and deaths of this part of Italy

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