The unbreakable heart of Oliva Denaro : a novel
An unforgettable coming-of-age novel, set in 1960s Sicily and based on a true story, of how a young Sicilian girl defied centuries old tradition to win the right to control her own life. As provincial Sicily bursts into life with the jaunty hum of pop music and the heady scent of wild jasmine, 15-year-old Oliva Denaro dares to challenge convention, ignoring the taunts of peers, her mother’s scolds, and her own changing body. Spirited and carefree, she loves to run until her lungs burst: to feel the strength of her lithe limbs, to relish the freedom she cherishes, to honor the friends forced by propriety to conform. Though she knows she cannot stop growing up, Oliva resists the future. To her, becoming a woman means denying oneself.
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Teenage girls > Fiction. Forced marriage > Fiction. Women > Crimes against > Fiction. Women > Italy > Sicily > Social conditions > Fiction. Sicily (Italy) > History > 1945- > Fiction. |
Genre |
Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780063276888
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Physical Description
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342 pages ; 22 cm - Edition First HarperVia edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2023.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: 1960 -- Part two -- Part three -- Part four: 1981. |
Language Note: | Translated from the Italian. |