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A surprising mystery--and love story--set in rural Sicily Like many memorable works of fiction, The Almond Picker hinges on a question, in this case: who is Maria Rosalia Inzerillo, known as Mennulara, the almond picker? Born into a desperately poor Sicilian farming family, Mennulara went into service when she was only a girl, as a maid for a well-to-do local family; by dint of hard work and intelligence, she became the indispensable administrator of the family's affairs and was said to be rich. Still, she was a mere servant, and now (as the story begins) she is dead. Who was she, really? Simonetta Agnello Hornby's wonderfully entertaining novel about this mysterious woman -- a bestseller in Italy when it was published in 2002 -- has all the suspense of a witty thriller, the emotions of a powerful love story, and the evocative atmosphere of a historical novel. Set in Sicily in the 1960s, a violent, complicated society in the midst of tumultuous change, where young and old, rich and poor, men and women are set against each other, The Almond Picker is the story of a woman who negotiated for her freedom as no one else dared. Unusual instructions in Mennulara's will perplex the family she worked for and send the children on a kind of treasure hunt, for each of them wants to secure her fabled riches. She is no longer physically present, but her mysterious importance to them and to the village comes into focus in a series of dramatic encounters and spiky exchanges among the neighbors. Everyone has a very different idea about Mennulara's amazing life. Was she a humble servant who ruled her master, or perhaps a pawn for the Mafia? Was she a seducer and opportunist, a sly blackmailer waiting for a payoff, or the opposite? During the thirty days following her death, the surprising truth is revealed.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374182345
ISBN-13
9780374182342
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Almond Picker : a Novel
Author
Simonetta Agnello Hornby
Original Language
Italian
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Literary
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Item Length
7in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pq4861.G567m4613
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2004-053329
Dewey Decimal
853/.92
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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