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For better ... or for bedding? Laurel Ferrara wouldn't know a happy ending if she fell over it -- of course her whirlwind wedding was always going to end in disaster. But it wasn't as simple as just walking away. From the moment she is summoned back to Sicily, the shivers of unease set in ... The command comes from legendary tycoon Cristiano Ferrara, the husband she can't forget -- but it might as well have come from the devil himself. The outrageously...
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En este primer libro de 'La novela de Ferrara', obra magna de Bassani en seis volúmenes, el escritor italiano traza el vívido fresco de un mundo que se desvanece ante la mirada perpleja de sus personajes: Lida Mantovani, joven madre soltera que se casa con un hombre al que jamás consigue amar; Elia Corcos, médico judío enamorado de una campesina católica; Geo Josz, único superviviente de la comunidad israelita de Ferrara tras las deportaciones...
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En la ciudad de Ferrara, cuando la comunidad judía vive amenazada por el antisemitismo del gobierno fascista, los Finzi-Contini-una familia judía de abolengo-llevan una vida apartada en una lujosa villa, rodeada por un jardín majestuoso. Alberto y su hermana Micòl, los hijos de la familia, deciden invitar a algunos amigos a su casa, después de que a muchos de ellos los hayan expulsado del club de tenis de la ciudad. El protagonista de la historia,...
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Este segundo volumen de 'La novela de Ferrara' tal vez constituya el relato más depurado de Bassani. Elegante y elegíaca, 'Las gafas de oro' narra la historia de Fadigati, un médico reputado que se instala felizmente en Ferrara hasta que el rechazo unánime de su homosexualidad lo condena al ostracismo en el mismo momento en que empieza la persecución de los judíos en Europa. La maestría estilística de Bassani transforma una sutil analogía...
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For Alberta Scaglione, her golden years are turning out different than she expected, and much more deadly. Alberta's spinster aunt had some secrets--like the fortune she squirreled away and a secret lake house in Tranquility, New Jersey. More surprising: she's left it all to Alberta. Alberta, a widow, is no spring chicken and she's gotten used to disappointment. So having a beautiful view, surrounded by hydrangeas, honeysuckle, and her cat, Lola,...
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Seasoned Italian-American Alberta Scaglione can whip up a traditional dish for any occasion. But when an impromptu vacation turns deadly, can she sift out the deadly ingredient?
When her granddaughter lands a reporting gig at the grand opening of the luxurious Icicle Lodge, Alberta and friends tag along for a week of much-needed R&R amid the snowcapped hills of northeastern Pennsylvania. But the idyllic winter getaway becomes a nightmare after the...
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Since Alberta Scaglione inherited her spinster aunt's Cape Cod cottage she's been enjoying the good life in Tranquility with her black cat, Lola. When she and her granddaughter, Jinx, stumble across a hidden treehouse and a dead body they take a detour into solving a murder.
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"Alberta Scaglione thinks her cooking is better than anyone's in Tranquility, New Jersey--but she doesn't mind an occasional visit to Veronica's Diner. During the breakfast rush, waitress Teri Jo seems stressed out. Not surprising on a busy morning, though Alberta, her sister Helen, and her granddaughter Jinx find it odd when Teri Jo asks them to deliver a package for her just in case. Minutes later, Teri Jo rushes back to their table--not with a...
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"Alberta can hardly believe it. Her childhood screen idol, 1950s Hollywood starlet Missy Michaels, has signed up for the local Tranquility Players revival of the classic Arsenic and Old Lace. But before Missy memorizes a single line, she's found dead in her dressing room wrapped in lace and clutching a bottle of arsenic. The ultimate drama-queen suicide? Everyone thinks so--except Alberta. A Ferrara woman knows murder when she sees it"--
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"When Alberta's 21-year-old grandson, Sergio, who has been missing for six months, shows up at the Mistletoe Ball next to a dead body, she and her estranged daughter Lisa Marie must put their past behind them and work together to clear his name before Christmas"--
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