Natalie Galli

The Girl Who Said No

A Search in Sicily

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Produktbeschreibung

In a timely account at this moment in the #MeToo movement, author Natalie Galli, of Sicilian-American heritage, travels on a personal odyssey to find the girl who broke a thousand-year-old Sicilian tradition that allowed kidnap and rape in pursuit of marriage. In the process, Galli uncovers a family secret, encounters the long arm of the Mafia, and discovers new strengths in herself as she successfully completes her quest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Travelers' Tales
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 135mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781609521721
• ISBN-10: 1609521722
• Artikelnr.: 54383483

Autorenporträt

Natalie Galli is a writer of Sicilian background who was born and raised in San Francisco. She lives just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Rafael, California

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Chapter I A Hot Pink Hell
Chapter II Packing
Chapter III Approach from the West
Chapter IV Arrival
Chapter V Venerdi Santo
Chapter VI Sabato Santo
Chapter VII Pasqua
Chapter VIII Easter Monday
Chapter IX The Garden
Chapter X The Vault
Chapter XI The Shoes Weekend
Chapter XII The National Library
Chapter XIII Ill Wind
Chapter XIV Summit Plea to Aphrodite
Chapter XV The Silent and the Loud
Chapter XVI The North Coast
Chapter XVII Ruins, Bureaucrats
Chapter XVIII Planning The Getaway
Chapter XIX Bilingual Bus Ride
Chapter XX Onward
Chapter XXI Wet Scirocco
Chapter XXII Scylla and Charybdis
Chapter XXIII Rescued
Chapter XXIV Will She Speak?
Italian - English Glossary
Appendix
Acknowledgments