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14 <strong>Luath</strong> <strong>Press</strong> Limited Fiction “ Children of this Land SERAFINA CROLLA 9781804251089 November 2023 Paperback 198x129mm 192pp £8.99 FBA Modern and contemporary fiction If you like Elena Ferrante, you’ll love this Poignant but life-affirming. THE HERALD “ The moving and delightful story of the Valente family, although fiction, is grounded in firsthand knowledge of the way of life in Picinisco, southern Italy, in the post-war years. Poverty, separation and loss were common experiences that caused many to emigrate. Yet the hardships were more than balanced by a culture of family warmth and vitality, shared connection to the land and an intimate understanding of how to work it. A born storyteller, Serafina Crolla was inspired to write Children of This Land when visiting the cemetery in her native village of Picinisco. There, she saw a headstone for ‘An exemplary mother of nineteen children’. She was deeply struck by the eloquent simplicity and poignancy of this memorial inscription. As the daughter of a shepherd, Serafina well understood the joys and hardships that life would have entailed for this family. Serafina’s own family emigrated to Scotland when she was a little girl but she returns to her homeland often, for, as she puts it: ‘A love for Picinisco as deep as the valleys and as pure as the snow-capped mountains is never forgotten.’ “ You expose the human cost of war beyond the battlefield in a depiciton of love and grief, pain and union... It has allowed me to see more clearly where I come from. RICHARD DEMARCO on Domenica Serafina gives us an insight to a simpler time. It was a beautiful memoir and told beautifully. MARIA on The Wee Italian Girl
Fiction committed to publishing well written books worth reading 15 Domenica a girl from Monte Cassino SERAFINA CROLLA 9781910022443 April 2022 Paperback 198x129mm 192pp £8.99 FBA Modern and contemporary fiction A dramatic coming of age story. When Domenica is given the opportunity to marry her childhood sweetheart, she holds back, the time never feels right. Her family has always come first. Domenica boldly uses her determination to fight for a better life for her family, pushing aside her own wedding for the survival of her siblings. Will her family survive? Will she ever marry? The Wee Italian Girl SERAFINA CROLLA 9781910022467 April 2022 Paperback 198x129mm 160pp £7.99 BC Creative Memoir A little girl tells the story of her last year at home high up in the Apennines of Italy as she, alongside her parents, head for the factory floors and restaurant kitchens of 1950s Edinburgh. The Wee Italian Girl will resonate with many Scots Italians who wish to really understand their heritage beyond the picturesque villages and majestic mountains. SEREFINA CROLLA is a wife, mother and grandmother who lives between Edinburgh and Val’ Comino in the province of Frosinone in Italy. Born in Picinisco in the foothills of the Abruzzi mountains, the daughter of a shepherd, she has lived an unusual life.
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