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The Almond Picker
The Almond Picker
Author: Simonetta Agnello Hornby
In the village of Roccacolomba, Sicily, La Mennulara ( the woman who gathers almonds') lies dead. For more than forty years she had been at the heart of the Afallipe family, one of the richest families in Roccacolomba, first as a humble maidservant and then rising to manager of the family estates. Now, at her death, the gossip among the villager...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670915392
ISBN-10: 0670915394
Publication Date: 6/30/2005
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Catty gossip book without the guilt! Fun book to read because it gives an entire towns' perspective on one person. It makes the reader wonder, âWas Mennulara good or evil?â In the process, we hear the âwholeâ story. It takes a little while to tell the whole story however.
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Was a bit hard to follow so I struggled through until the last 50 or 75 pages. Then the story began to reveal itself. Not as bad as I had originally thought.