The Almond PickerThe Almond Picker
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Unknown, 2005
Current format, Unknown, 2005, 1st American ed, No Longer Available.Unknown, 2005
Current format, Unknown, 2005, 1st American ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsThe child of poor farmers, La Mennulara became a maid for a well-to-do local family when she was only a girl; by dint of hard work and intelligence, she became the indispensable administrator of the family's affairs. Still, she was a mere servant, and now (as this story begins) she is dead.
As the details unfold about this mysterious woman, The Almond Picker assumes the witty suspense of a thriller, the emotional power of a love story, and the evocative atmosphere of a historical novel. Set in Sicily in the 1960s, a violent, complicated society in the midst of tumultuous change, The Almond Picker is the story of a woman who negotiated for her freedom as no one else dared.
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- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2005.
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