Return to Valetto

Name: Return to Valetto
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Bol A Must-Read at The New York Post and BookPageThis terri?c book, about loss and family and the weight of history, is probably as close as Ill ever get to buying one of those picturesque Italian villas, and surely a wiser investment. Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins and The Angel of RomeFrom the bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smiths Return to Valetto tells of a nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II.On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village that survived centuries of earthquakes and landslides and became a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II, it has since been nearly abandoned, as residents sought better lives elsewhere. Only ten remain, including the widows Sera?nothree eccentric sisters and their steely centenarian motherwho live quietly in their medieval villa. Then their nephew and grandson, Hugh, a historian, returns.But someone else has arrived before him, laying claim to the cottage where Hugh spent his childhood summers. The unwelcome guest is the captivating and no-nonsense Elisa Tomassi, who asserts that the family patriarch, Aldo Sera?no, a resistance ?ghter whom her own family harbored, gave the cottage to them in gratitude. But like so many threads of history, this revelation unravels a secreta betrayal, a disappearance, and an unspeakable act of violencethat has a?ected Valetto across generations. Who will answer for the crimes of the past?Dominic Smiths Return to Valetto is a riveting journey into one familys dark past, a page-turning excavation of the ruins of history, and a probing look at our commitment to justice in a fragile world. It is also a deeply human and transporting testament to the possibility of love and understanding across gaps of all kindseven time.

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A Must-Read at The New York Post and BookPageThis terri?c book, about loss and family and the weight of history, is probably as close as Ill ever get to buying one of those picturesque Italian villas, and surely a wiser investment. Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins and The Angel of RomeFrom the bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smiths Return to Valetto tells of a nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II.On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village that survived centuries of earthquakes and landslides and became a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II, it has since been nearly abandoned, as residents sought better lives elsewhere. Only ten remain, including the widows Sera?nothree eccentric sisters and their steely centenarian motherwho live quietly in their medieval villa. Then their nephew and grandson, Hugh, a historian, returns.But someone else has arrived before him, laying claim to the cottage where Hugh spent his childhood summers. The unwelcome guest is the captivating and no-nonsense Elisa Tomassi, who asserts that the family patriarch, Aldo Sera?no, a resistance ?ghter whom her own family harbored, gave the cottage to them in gratitude. But like so many threads of history, this revelation unravels a secreta betrayal, a disappearance, and an unspeakable act of violencethat has a?ected Valetto across generations. Who will answer for the crimes of the past?Dominic Smiths Return to Valetto is a riveting journey into one familys dark past, a page-turning excavation of the ruins of history, and a probing look at our commitment to justice in a fragile world. It is also a deeply human and transporting testament to the possibility of love and understanding across gaps of all kindseven time.

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