

This novel is a montage of linked stories of varied & fascinating characters within the backdrop of a small Italian village in Sardinia.The author states that these stories are loosely based on letters,newspaper clippings,& postcards she discovered in her grandmother‘s suitcase, as well as family lore.At the heart of these stories is her grandmother a sartina (seamstress) who worked at home but also visited bourgeois households.The author‘s 🔽