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Description:From the author of Forbidden Notebook, a richly told novel about a woman driven to murder the man she loves, set against the backdrop of fascist Rome.As she awaits trial for having murdered her husband, Alessandra Corteggiani recalls her youth, the rise of fascism in Italy, the resistance, and the fall of Mussolini, rigorously committed to telling “her side of the story.” When her mother, an aspiring concert pianist, is driven to suicide by her inability to escape her oppressive marriage, Alessandra is sent away to live with her father's relatives in the country, in the hope she’ll finally learn to submit herself to the patriarchal system and authority. But at the family farm, Alessandra grows increasingly rebellious, conscious of the unjust treatment of generations of hardworking women in her family. When she refuses the marriage proposal from a neighboring farmer, she is sent back to Rome to tend to her ailing father.In Rome, Alessandra meets Francesco, a charismatic anti-fascist professor, who ostensibly admires and supports her feminist views. But Alessandra soon comes to recognize that even as she admires and supports Francesco's struggle to reclaim their country from fascism, this support is unrequited, and that her own beloved husband is ensnared by patriarchal conventions when it comes to their relationship. De Céspedes called this “the story of a great love and of a crime.” She delivers here a breathtakingly accurate portrayal of the complexity of the female condition against the dramatic backdrop of WWII and the partisan uprising in Italy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Her Side of the Story. To get started finding Her Side of the Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Astra House

Release: 2023

ISBN: 1662601441

Description: From the author of Forbidden Notebook, a richly told novel about a woman driven to murder the man she loves, set against the backdrop of fascist Rome.As she awaits trial for having murdered her husband, Alessandra Corteggiani recalls her youth, the rise of fascism in Italy, the resistance, and the fall of Mussolini, rigorously committed to telling “her side of the story.” When her mother, an aspiring concert pianist, is driven to suicide by her inability to escape her oppressive marriage, Alessandra is sent away to live with her father's relatives in the country, in the hope she’ll finally learn to submit herself to the patriarchal system and authority. But at the family farm, Alessandra grows increasingly rebellious, conscious of the unjust treatment of generations of hardworking women in her family. When she refuses the marriage proposal from a neighboring farmer, she is sent back to Rome to tend to her ailing father.In Rome, Alessandra meets Francesco, a charismatic anti-fascist professor, who ostensibly admires and supports her feminist views. But Alessandra soon comes to recognize that even as she admires and supports Francesco's struggle to reclaim their country from fascism, this support is unrequited, and that her own beloved husband is ensnared by patriarchal conventions when it comes to their relationship. De Céspedes called this “the story of a great love and of a crime.” She delivers here a breathtakingly accurate portrayal of the complexity of the female condition against the dramatic backdrop of WWII and the partisan uprising in Italy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Her Side of the Story. To get started finding Her Side of the Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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