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Summers in Supino: Becoming Italian: A Memoir

✍ Scribed by McLean, Maria Coletta

Book ID: 107806222
Publisher: ECW Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Weight: 738 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781770411371

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✦ Synopsis

An Italian Canadian woman recounts her annual summer trips with her husband to her ancestral village of Supino, Italy, in this heartwarming hybrid of travel guide and memoir. Written with humor and heart, it describes her process of adjusting to life in her father's hometown, as well as the eccentricities of its people. Supino's colorful landscapes and citizens make for vivid stories, from pizzerias in sheep pastures and fish restaurants hidden in the woods to village-wide celebrations of figs, watermelon, azaleas, and artichokes. The book goes on to explain how with every trip, the budding Italian gains a deeper understanding of her connection to Supino and comes to more fully embrace her cultural heritage. Filled with brilliant stories about a fascinating land, this engaging narrative explores notions of identity and the restorative power of community.

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