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Accabadora (Paperback)
Michela Murgia; Translated by Silvester Mazzarella
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One of Elena Ferrante's best 40 books by female writers When Maria,
the fourth child of a widow, is adopted by the old and childless
Bonaria Urrai, her life is instantly transformed - she finally has
the love and affection she craves. But her new 'soul mother' is
keeping something hidden from her, a secret life that is intimately
bound-up with Sardinia's ancient traditions and customs. Midwife to
the dying, easing their suffering and sometimes ending it, she is
revered and feared in equal measure as the village's Accabadora.
Bonaria tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as
an angel of mercy, until, moved by the pleas of a young man
crippled in an accident, she breaks her golden rule of familial
consent. The consequences - for Bonaria, for Maria and for the
whole village, are devastating - and cause a rift between the two
women that can only be bridge by another death. Translated from the
Italian by Silvester Mazzarella
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Accabadora (Paperback, New)
Michela Murgia; Translated by Silvester Mazzarella
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A stunning portrait of rural Italy in the 1950s and "a touching
meditation on life and death and the power of love to bind,
transcend, and let go" (Publishers Weekly). At one time betrothed
to a fallen soldier, Bonaria Urrai of Sardinia has a long-held
covenant with the dead. Midwife to the dying, easing their
suffering and sometimes ending it, she is revered and feared in
equal measure as her village's Accabadora. When Bonaria adopts
Maria, the unloved fourth child of a widow, she tries to shield the
girl from the truth about her role as an angel of mercy. Moved by
the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, Bonaria breaks
her golden rule of familial consent. In the recriminations that
follow, Maria rejects her and flees Sardinia for Turin. Adrift in
the big city, Maria strives as ever to find love and acceptance,
but her efforts are overshadowed by the creeping knowledge of a
debt unpaid, of a duty and destiny that must one day be hers.
Accabadora is Michaela Murgia's exceptional English-language debut
and has been awarded seven major literary prizes, including Italy's
prestigious Premio Campiello. "Poignant, honest, and magical, this
is a dazzling story for the senses, and one I will not soon
forget." --Susan Sherman, author of The Little Russian
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