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I abandoned this book because my former history teacher told us that he didn‘t cover moussilini because of the r word, and that includes lots of cases of it in this book. This book is not safe.

Iris Origo writes this for herself, not for publication, in the years 1939-40, living in Italy and married to an Italian, but of British and American parentage she has a unique perspective on the war brewing in Europe. So well written that after finishing it, before writing this, I went online and ordered two more (tagged in comments.) I could do worse than take her as a model for how to get through the next regime. #LitsyAtoZ #letterC @Texreader

I know the print is small, but I wanted to give you the whole quote. Written in 1939 about Mussolini. But . . . Plus ça change, plus c‘est la même chose.

The diary of a woman whose mother was British, father was American, and husband was Italian. She lived in Italy and is writing during 1939-1940. In a fascist regime. I think there may be much to learn from this slim volume.

A terrible period of our history...

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I love historical fiction and this was top-notch! Set in Italy pre world war 2 and beyond, it tells a rich story of family, friends, love, loss and of course food! You would never know that this was Scottoline‘s first historical fiction book and can‘t wait to read more like it!

(Continued)...With all this power and unique knowledge, the dictator of even a small and geopolitically insignificant country should thus be in a position to write at least a moderately interesting book, even if by accident.