Hold onto your hats because today we are heading back in time to Italy for a sweeping sage based on a true story.
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adore novels that depict strong women, especially in a time of great
hardship. Under the light of the Italian Moon is a moving portrait of
Nina Argenta's life. Nina is a woman that often felt conflicted. She
loves her country and her mother, but she also wants to be with the love
of her life, Pietro Pante. Add to this conflict the rise of fascism in
Italy during this period of history only makes Nina's story all the more
poignant.
I felt deeply moved by this book. I instantly
connected with Nina. I celebrated with her, I cried with her. Her life
utterly enthralled me. I thought Nina was depicted with a great deal of
skill, love, and an understanding of what it must have been like for her
to live through what she did.
I
enjoyed the everyday moments of this novel because I felt it gives the
reader a real sense of what life was like in this era. It is a really
insightful novel.
I
don't think there was anything that I did not like about this novel. It
is a story that is told with sensitivity and realism. It is the kind of
story that stays with a reader long after they have turned that final
page.
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promise keeps them apart until WW2 threatens to destroy their love forever
Fonzaso Italy, between two wars
Nina Argenta doesn’t want the traditional life of a rural Italian
woman. The daughter of a strong-willed midwife, she is determined to define her
own destiny. But when her brother emigrates to America, she promises
her mother to never leave.
When childhood friend Pietro Pante briefly returns to their mountain town, passion
between them ignites while Mussolini forces political tensions to rise. Just as
their romance deepens, Pietro must leave again for work in the coal mines of
America. Nina is torn between joining him and her commitment to Italy and her
mother.
As Mussolini’s fascists throw
the country into chaos and Hitler’s
Nazis terrorise their town, each day becomes a struggle to survive greater
atrocities. A future with Pietro seems impossible when they lose contact and
Nina’s dreams of a
life together are threatened by Nazi occupation and an enemy she must face
alone…
A gripping historical fiction novel, based on a true story
and heartbreaking real events.
Spanning over two decades, Under the Light of the Italian Moon is an
epic, emotional and triumphant tale of one woman’s incredible resilience during the rise of
fascism and Italy’s collapse into WWII.
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