WINNER OF THE 2019 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION
1923, north-eastern Italy: Maria Vittoria's father has left the village to find her a husband. He has taken his mule, a pack of food and a photograph of Maria. There are no eligible men in this valley, or the next one, and her father will not allow her to marry just anyone.
Just as Fascism blooms in the country, the crops ripen, and the state demands babies - a new generation. There is much work to be done, and Maria faces a stony path, but one she will surely climb to the summit.
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A bewitching, but entirely unsentimental portrait of one woman's attempt to keep her family safe in turbulent times. Source: The Times, Book of the Month
A brutal, brutalising portrait of war . . . Lushly written . . . Evocative. Source: Sunday Times
With Mussolini's propaganda promoting fertility as the female form of patriotism, Maria rises to her role as matriarch in this elegant, sweeping novel. Source: Big Issue
Elise Valmorbida's writing brings Maria vividly to life and she is excellent on the small terrors of living in Mussolini's Italy. Author: Antonia Senior Source: The Times
Elise Valmorbida writes vividly of family, faith and place, and renders the stoicism of Maria's generation with an admiring eye. Source: Sydney Morning Herald
As harsh, as sweet, as bitter and as poignant as the Italian landscape it so beautifully describes. Author: Louisa Young, author of My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You
Laced with the feel of Italy, its food, traditions and scenic splendor, this is a very fine novel indeed. Stylish and beautifully archaic in its writing, it has a hypnotic quality, difficult to draw yourself away from. Highly recommended. Source: LoveReading Book of the Month
A stirring tale of adversity and endurance spanning a quarter of a century . . . Fans of historical novels will be charmed by all the carefully researched details of rustic Italian life. Author: Alastair Mabbott Source: Herald
A must-read. Source: New York Post
Mussolini's Italy is brilliantly recreated . . . Valmorbida is excellent on the small humiliations of living in a fascist regime, and Maria is a memorably ordinary heroine. Source: The Times ‘Summer Books Pick’
Cousin of My Brilliant Friend, niece of Tracy Chevalier and acquaintance of Anna Hope, we are delighted to introduce Maria Vittoria, a new literary companion.
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