{"product_id":"the-sardinian-story-9781913727369","title":"The Sardinian Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eApennine Mountains, Italy, 1965\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeonora Bacchetti was once a happy child. But at the age of seventeen she has become a wild and rebellious young woman who leaves her parents in despair when she runs away from home with a group of itinerant travellers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the eyes of their friends and neighbours in the tight-knit village of Montacciolo, her parents' good name is ruined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, \u003cstrong\u003e Leonora\u003c\/strong\u003e keeps in touch with her mother and father, sending letters and postcards from different countries until, very abruptly, her correspondence stops. The girl has vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVague, unreliable rumours of her fate abound, but newspaper appeals, police and private investigations reveal nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUntil, eighteen years later, in the midst of a snowstorm, a stranger from Sardinia knocks on the door of Leonora's father's little mountain house.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a widower, he has come to terms with never knowing what happened to his daughter. But everything changes when the unexpected visitor claims that he has new information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two men quickly bond and gradually begin to piece together the truth about \u003cstrong\u003eLenora\u003c\/strong\u003e, provoking deep questions about her life and how they have lived their own - questions about love, loyalty, honesty and what being a family really means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sardinian Story\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel of exquisite power and deep emotion which will live long in the memories of its readers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francesca Scanacapra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Silvertail Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913727369\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silvertail Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42846781997171,"sku":"9.78191E+12","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_de173796-42a0-4989-bcc0-fe27b9af5f07.jpg?v=1739451709","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-sardinian-story-9781913727369","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}