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Source: Yellow Teapot Books
y separately published work icon A Funeral in Fiesole single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 A Funeral in Fiesole
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'At a crumbling but beautiful villa on the Fiesole hills outside Florence, four siblings reunite for the funeral of their mother, Nina Larkin. They bring with them light suitcases, and hearts heavy not only with grief, but also with small mysteries from childhood, grown large with age and time. All in their fifties now, and all with their particular variety of experiences, they remember what it was like to holiday in those hills. Youthful memories rarely match; the four recall their mother very differently. The inheritance they hope to take away is bound up in Nina Larkin’s will. The only thing they agree about is its complexity. A Funeral in Fiesole is a four-fold weave of memories told in turn by Paola, Brod, Suzanna and Nigel. Their youthful dreams are revealed, together with their hopes for the future. Their problems – which might be solved by their mother’s will – threaten to make something simple rather complicated' (publication blurb).

Notes

  • A digital version of the book has been published by Dingli through the CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
  • Epigraph:

    You know, distance is like the wind

    It puts out small fires

    And fans big ones.

    –Domenico Modugno La Lontananza

    We are hard as this rock.

    Stubborn as this stone

    And we are as compliant as the sea's foam.

    Concetta D'Orazio Queste Pagine : Abbruzzo

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Perth, Western Australia,: Yellow Teapot Books , 2015 .
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      Source: Yellow Teapot Books
      Extent: 256p.
      Note/s:
      • Published November 14, 2015
      ISBN: 9781519245779
Last amended 21 Apr 2016 12:48:46
Subjects:
  • Tuscany,
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    Italy,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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