The Unbreakable Heart of Oliva Denaro: A Novel HEALTH - GENERAL

The Unbreakable Heart of Oliva Denaro: A Novel HEALTH - GENERALFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Childrens Train comes an unforgettable coming of age novel, set in 1960s Sicily and based on a true story, of how a young Sicilian girl defied centuries old tradition to win the right to control her own life. As provincial Sicily bursts into life with the jaunty hum of pop music and the heady scent of wild jasmine, fifteen year old Oliva Denaro dares to challenge convention, ignoring the taunts of

And soon they are helping a newly made and critically ill friend

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and great police work

Zac offers life lessons through intimately personal and at times unbelievable anecdotes that will make you laugh

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love and loss and the limitations of family life

and their parents and grandparents too

Imogen may be hopelessly heterosexual

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as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King