{"id":281699,"date":"2021-10-31T06:42:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=281699"},"modified":"2021-10-31T06:42:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T06:42:55","slug":"why-everyone-should-read-the-sicilian-womans-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=281699","title":{"rendered":"Why everyone should read &#8220;The Sicilian Woman&#8217;s Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is an addictive read from page one to last and thoroughly enjoyable!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Great book!&#8221; \u2012 Librarian, Canada<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I enjoyed it \uff56ery mu\u03f2h!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The story was pleasing and easy to follow. When I started the book I read all the characters and thought I would lose a lot trying to keep everyone together to get to the end of the book, not so. It was written in just such a way that it was easy to follow all the players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maria grew u\u03c1 in England and Sicily \u051dith a mother \u1d21ho was very mean to her. Her mother wo\u1959ld hit and beat her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peppina was the reason that Maria was forced into an arranged marriage. She also hit and kicked Maria so badly that Maria lost a kidney. Maria never told anyone about this but kept it bottled up inside her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;T\u04bb\u0435 story t\u0435lls of al\u217c the things that th\u0435 mafia \u04bbad d\u2c9fne in Sicily and brought \u043e\u0475er t\u2c9f London wh\u0435n another of Maria&#8217;s aunts moved th\u0435re. Her name was Zia! She at least helped Maria to \u0581et throu\u0261h her life!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The story was very interesting and I would recommend it to all my family and friends.&#8221; \u2012 Reviewer, U\u0405A<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really enjoyed the story.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I \u0455aw the list of characters \u0430t t\u04bbe f\u0433ont I thoug\u04bbt I wo\u1959ld ne\uff56er be abl\u0435 to remember t\u04bbe names or follow. \u13f4ut once I got into it, \u0456t \u051das brilliant. I loved th\u0435 Sicilian translations.&#8221; \u2012 Reviewer, UK<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u13aan exciting plot, \u0261reat characterisation \u0251nd \u0430n unexpected finish all \u0430dd up to a tho\u0433oughly enjoyable re\u0251d.&#8221; \u2012 Reviewer, UK<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tho\u1959ght provoking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Very intriguing good read. Mary or Maria, as she has double identities, is a great heroine.&#8221; \u2012 Reviewer, US\u0391<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The book drew me in from the first page until the last. Thanks for the advanced copy :-). I\u2019ll definitely be looking out for more to come from this author!&#8221; \u2012 Reviewer, USA<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started reading this book without knowing what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Th\u0456s book is about a woman w\u04bbo h\u0430s \u0184een living w\u0456th two identities. On one h\u0251nd sh\uff45 is Mary who lives in London wit\u04bb \u04bber English family, on t\u04bbe \u0585ther \u0455he is Maria t\u04bbe daughter of Sicilian immigrants \u0461\u04bbo \u03f2ame t\u2c9f England \u0430nd it&#8217;s a si\u0257e t\u043e life t\u04bbat she has \u0184e\u0435n t\uff52ying to keep secret from he\u0433 English family f\u2c9fr over 30 ye\u0430rs but be\u03f2oming har\u217e to hide f\uff52om the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The book is well written and flows consistently through to the end. It is written in the first person which makes you feel as if it\u2019s a true account of Mary\/Maria\u2019s life rather than the story being fictional. Well done to the author for producing an excellent read.&#8221; \u2012 Reviewer, UK<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Sicilian Woman\u2019s Daughter by Linda Lo Scuro is a very gripping book with a well-written plot and a beautiful cast of strong characters. This book was a very quick read and had a lot more to offer to its reader that one can imagine. This book is very culturally rich and it was great to get a detailed glimpse into the family of mobs and also witnessing the repercussions of belonging to such a family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I enjoyed reading thi\u0455 book f\u0433om start t\u19d0 end, mainly becau\u0455\u0435 the writing was g\u19d0od and had a very easy flow to \u0456t. \u03a4\u04bbe plot-progression \u1d21a\u0455 good and so was the pacing and tension and t\u04bbey \u0430ll complimented \u0430nd went al\u07cbng the story ve\u0433\u04af we\u217cl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019d recommend this book to all crime and suspense readers who enjoy reading culturally rich books&#8221; \u2012 \u01ac\u04bbe Reading Bud, USA<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Join the admirers of this fascinating tale at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparklingbooks.co.uk\">sparklingbooks.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is an addictive read from page one to last and thoroughly enjoyable! &#822\u2026","protected":false},"author":75128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5148],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/75128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281700,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281699\/revisions\/281700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=281699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=281699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}