'You will look after them for me, my poor orphan children.' Domenica could not hold back the tears. 'I will Mamma, I promise, do not worry about us. We will be alright.'Picinisco, Italy 1945: the war...

An ancient way of life. Living with nature and the seasons. Moving from high mountain to plain. The cleanest air and water, the purest food and wine. A little girl tells the story of her last year at...

The moving and delightful story of the Valente family, although fiction, is grounded in first-hand knowledge of the way of life in Picinisco, southern Italy, in the post-war years. Poverty, separation...