Catherine Banner
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
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Description
“A perfect summer read [that] brims with heart . . . Don’t be surprised if you keep turning the pages long into the night, spellbound by its magic.”—The Denver Post
A sweeping saga about four generations of a family who live and love on an enchanting island off the coast of Italy—combining the romance of Beautiful Ruins with the magical tapestry of works by Isabel Allende.
NAMED ONE OF THE...
A sweeping saga about four generations of a family who live and love on an enchanting island off the coast of Italy—combining the romance of Beautiful Ruins with the magical tapestry of works by Isabel Allende.
NAMED ONE OF THE...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
419 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
At the center of life on the island of Castellamare is a café draped with bougainvillea. Called the House at the Edge of Night, it is where the community gathers to gossip and talk. Amedeo Esposito, a foundling from Florence, finds his destiny on the island with his wife, Pina. An indiscretion tests their marriage, and their children-- three sons and a daughter-- grow up through two world wars and a great recession, face the threat of fascism and...