| Finding Valentino: Four Seasons in My Father's Italy Contributor(s): Sciascio, Angela Di (Author) |
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ISBN: 0522858414 ISBN-13: 9780522858419 Publisher: Victory Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Europe - Italy - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 305.851 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8.1" (0.50 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Ethnic Orientation - Italian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Angela Di Sciascio's father can no longer describe his past, lost in a world ravaged by Alzheimer's disease. Deciding not to let his story fade, Angela embarks on a voyage that takes her through four seasons in her father's Italy, reconnecting to her ancestry and absorbing all of its chaos, beauty and style. Meal by meal at her father's family table and step by step through the Italian countryside, she slowly comes to understand the young Valentino who left for the new world. Along the way, she discovers the simple pleasures of rustic polenta high in the mountains, pesto on the Ligurian coast and shares melt-in-your-mouth ragł with friends inla boisterous Rome. But she is always drawn back to the small hamlet tucked in the embrace of the Abruzzo mountains and the cuisine that feeds her soul, sharing with us her family's traditional recipes, as well as the joy of finding her father's home. |