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The Sicilian inheritance : a novel / Jo Piazza.
Van Pelt Library PS3616.I214 S53 2024
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Piazza, Jo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Fiction.
- Women.
- Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Family secrets--Fiction.
- Family secrets.
- Mafia--Fiction.
- Mafia.
- Villages--Fiction.
- Villages.
- City and town life--Fiction.
- City and town life.
- Sicily (Italy)--Fiction.
- Sicily (Italy).
- Italy--Sicily.
- Thrillers (Fiction).
- Genre:
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction
- Novels
- Mystery fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 370 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie's death also opens an escape from her life and a window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land, and a bombshell family secret. Rosie believes Sara's great-grandmother Serafina, the family matriarch who was left behind while her husband worked in America, didn't die of illness as family lore has it ... she was murdered. Thus begins a twist-filled adventure that takes Sara all over the picturesque Italian countryside as she races to solve a mystery and prove her birthright. Flashing back to the past, we meet Serafina, a feisty and headstrong young woman in the early 1900s thrust into motherhood in her teens, who fought for a better life not just for herself but for all the women of her small village. Unsurprisingly it isn't long before a woman challenging the status quo finds herself in danger. As Sara discovers more about Serafina she also realizes she is coming head-to-head with the same menacing forces that took down her great-grandmother. At once an immersive multigenerational mystery and an ode to the undaunted heroism of everyday women, The Sicilian Inheritance is an atmospheric, page-turning delight"-- Provided by publisher
- Notes:
- Place of publication from publisher's website.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Piazza, Jo. Sicilian inheritance.
- ISBN:
- 9780593474167
- 0593474163
- OCLC:
- 1389608395
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