Books
by Rosina Lippi
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Homestead |
Set in the years between 1909 and 1977, this is an unusual and fascinating novel about several generations of women living in an isolated village in the Austrian alps. It charts their individual experiences of farming and dairying, their friendships and loyalties, their courtships and marriages, and the impact on their traditional way of life of the two world wars and creeping modernity. Short-listed for the Orange prize.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 9 June 2001) |
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