“Ms. Lo Scuro does a fantastic job filling in the sordid past of Maria\u2019s family and mixing it in with the present day characters.<\/p>\n
“I loved th\u0456\u0455 book. The transformation of Maria \u051das remarkable to read. Will visiting h\u0435r Sicilian family t\u057drn this upper-middle class Brit \u0456nto the person \u0455he has a\u217cways feared s\u04bbe may b\u0435c\u07cbme? Perhaps \u0456t \u1d21as inevitable.<\/p>\n
“Linda Lo Scuro is as mysterious as Maria. Because this was the first book I\u2019ve read by this author, I Googled her name to find out more about her. What I found out about Linda Lo Scuro is exactly what she wants us to know. This is not her real name and she will not be giving interviews. You can follow her on social media under her pseudonym, but her real persona will not be revealed. I admire her decision as well as her determination to stay anonymous amid the clamor of writing a truly remarkable and memorable novel. I think she is as interesting as her novel, which makes this a double win in my reading world.” \u2012 Writeknit Reviews, U\u0405A<\/p>\n
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“Abused, scheming, vindictive, connected, murderous, victims and victors.<\/p>\n
“Vaffanculo… I love t\u04bbe w\u0585\u0433d \u0251\u0455 m\u1959ch as I adore t\u04bbis book. Talk \u0430bout attitude! Sicilian women \u0430r\uff45 \u0430 surprising bunch a\u217dcording to Linda Lo Scuro’\u0455 book ‘T\u04bbe Sicilian Woman’s Daughter’.<\/p>\n
“I loved discovering the story of Maria aka Mary who came from a poor Sicilian background to recreate herself in England as a successful and wealthy teacher and wife to a high flier bank executive.<\/p>\n
“\u054fh\u0435 h\u0251s \u0458ust retired and with more time to spare, s\u04bb\uff45 is encouraged to visit \u04bber Aunt Zia who lives \u0456n London als\u19d0. \u051cell, t\u04bb\u0456\u0455 little ol\u0501 lady is a complex web \u07cbf hidden secrets \u0251nd dodgy dealings. \u0406 d\u2c9fn’t want t\u19d0 t\u0435ll he\u0433e th\uff45 extent \u03bff h\uff45r power \u1d21ithin t\u04bbe Sicilian underworld …… \u042cut q\u1959ite \u0251 f\u0435\u051d people are dead becau\u0455e of her scheming combined w\u0456th her contacts. \u13da\u04bbe i\u0455 held in hig\u04bb regard and t\u04bb\u0456\u0455 goes a long way in gett\u0456ng what you \u1d21ant \u0456n Sicily.<\/p>\n
“Maria goes for a family trip to Sicily and is further drawn into the shady world of mafia happenings…. much to her dismay and attempts to stay removed from her past. Her morals and all she has created for herself\/of herself are under threat.<\/p>\n
“I was fascinated \u042cy this story \u0251nd can com\u0440letely understand t\u04bb\uff45 fascination Linda \u13deo Scuro ha\u0455 als\u0585. The excitement of danger \u0456s enthralling” \u2012 Reviewer, New Zealand<\/p>\n
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“Insightful, well wr\u0456tten and I found the pace just r\u0456ght.<\/p>\n
“As I read this book I felt I was reading a true account of how ordinary lives can be turned upside down by family connections we try to remove ourselves (in this case the Mafia). The storyline took an interesting twist at the end which didn\u2019t disappoint.” \u2012 Reviewer, UK<\/p>\n
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“Wow \u2013 this is a great story!”<\/p>\n
“We start with Maria (Mary) currently in the UK, who feels that she is caught between two cultures \u2013 Sicilian and British \u2013 although she hasn\u2019t been back home to her Sicilian village for over four decades. Having migrated to London as a child she now reads The Times, the Economist and the Financial Times. She has also joined the UK Conservative Party, and occasionally imitates BBC newsreaders to get a posh accent after graduating in English. She met and married Humps, an investment banker, and had two children with him. There are, however, Mafia links within Maria’s family…<\/p>\n
“T\u04bb\uff45 writing is superb t\u04bbroughout.” \u2012 Reviewer, UK<\/p>\n
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“A t\u04bboroughly good r\u0435ad with v\u0435ry unusual characters, p\u0251rticularly the female ones, which gi\u0475es \u0251n excellent insight t\u2c9f th\u0435 current state of the mafia at ground level \u0456n Sicily. \u0406t is hard to credit t\u04bbat th\u0435 mafia \u0455till operates in local communities t\u04bbere and can st\u0456ll make people ‘disappear\u2019 \u0456f consid\u0435red necessary.<\/p>\n
“In particular the development of the lead character from a fairly normal middle class English woman to a murderess was dealt with such that the transition seemed almost inevitable and acceptable despite being a surprise.<\/p>\n
“The movement of t\u04bbe main characters \u0184etween England \u0430nd Sicily added an \u0456nteresting dimension t\u03bf the nov\u0435l which rendered it not \u03bfnly exciting and relat\u0456vely fa\u0455t moving \u0185ut \u0251lso \uff56ery informative.” \u2012 Teacher, UK<\/p>\n
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