{"product_id":"9781668098028","title":"Like the Bitter Orange","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePalminteri, Milena\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e37 Ink\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/13\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Elena Ferrante and in the tradition of the Italian classic \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard,\u003c\/i\u003e a sweeping Sicilian saga of family, ambition, and inheritance set against the rise of fascism, the shadow of the Mafia, and the decline of an old social order.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSicily, 1924. In the fishing village of Sarraca, where ancient loyalties run deeper than the law and everyone is Sicilian before they are Italian, two young women find their lives bound together by a secret that will reverberate across decades.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNardina, the daughter of a determined mother who has sacrificed everything to secure her a place among the island's nobility, enters a world of privilege whose promises prove more fragile than they seem. Sabedda, poor and fiercely independent, faces a far more uncertain future. When their paths converge through an act of deception whose consequences neither can foresee, the lives of both women are altered forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYears later, Carlotta, a university-educated archivist, uncovers a document that calls her family's history into question. As long-buried truths begin to surface, she is drawn into a search that exposes not only the secrets of her own origins but also the hidden compromises, betrayals, and sacrifices the people closes to her have made.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSpanning four decades, from the rise of fascism to the first stirrings of women's independence, \u003ci\u003eLike the Bitter Orange\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly textured portrait of a changing Sicily. As aristocratic fortunes fade, old certainties crumble, and new possibilities emerge, its unforgettable characters must reckon with the legacies they have inherited—and decide what they will pass on.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLush, immersive, and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eike the Bitter Orange \u003c\/i\u003eis a grand historical novel about the forces that shape a society and the hard-won freedom to imagine a different future.","brand":"37 Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48698879148287,"sku":"9781668098028","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781668098028_s600x595.png?v=1781632072","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781668098028","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}