
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Wee Italian Girl
About this book
An ancient way of life. Living with nature and the seasons. Moving from high mountain to plain. The cleanest air and water, the purest food and wine.
A little girl tells the story of her last year at home high up in the Apennines of Italy. The love of her family and neighbours. The conviviality and shared purpose of her tight knit community. The beloved grandmother she will leave behind as her parents head for the factory floors and restaurant kitchens of 1950's Edinburgh.
An immigrant's tale but also a record of a simpler life. At one time negated and cast aside and now more than ever sought out and admired.
The Wee Italian Girl is a document for many Scottish Italians who, apart from picturesque villages and majestic mountains wish to really know from whom and where they came.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- CHAPTER 1 Once Upon a Time there was a Girl
- CHAPTER 2 A Springtime Return
- CHAPTER 3 Summer School
- CHAPTER 4 Communion
- CHAPTER 5 Going to Feed the Dog
- CHAPTER 6 Blind Man’s Buff
- CHAPTER 7 Tied to the Table
- CHAPTER 8 Mother Is Never Wrong
- CHAPTER 9 Fortunato Falling Off the Horse
- CHAPTER 10 Potato Harvest
- CHAPTER 11 Playing with the Boys
- CHAPTER 12 Just a Bad Dream
- CHAPTER 13 Doing the Washing
- CHAPTER 14 The Water Carrier
- CHAPTER 15 L’ Arca
- CHAPTER 16 Canneto
- CHAPTER 17 Zia Chiarina
- CHAPTER 18 To See and Be Seen
- CHAPTER 19 Going for Firewood and Eating Blackberries
- CHAPTER 20 Going to the Orto
- CHAPTER 21 Eagle (Arpé)
- CHAPTER 22 Going to a Wedding
- CHAPTER 23 All Able-Bodied Men
- CHAPTER 24 The Sheep Return
- CHAPTER 25 It Was Like a Highway
- CHAPTER 26 Dad Leaving
- CHAPTER 27 Going for Wine
- CHAPTER 28 All Souls’ Day
- CHAPTER 29 Going to the Mill
- CHAPTER 30 Her Heart Fluttered
- CHAPTER 31 Killing Mr Pig
- CHAPTER 32 Sitting by the Fire Daydreaming
- CHAPTER 33 A Time of Waiting
- CHAPTER 34 Peppa
- CHAPTER 35 Journey to la Scozia
- CHAPTER 36 They Were Lucky
- CHAPTER 37 Erica
- Back Cover