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Casa nostra :

0061189219

0061373966

9780061189210

9780061373961

b716093

Casa nostra :

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a home in Sicily /

Caroline Seller Manzo.

1st ed.

Toronto :

Harper,

2008, ©2007.

259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :

illustrations (some color), portraits (chiefly color) ;

24 cm

"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers."--Title page verso.

At a mid-seventies Halloween party in London, Caroline Seller stumbled across a man in a lion mask. Although she spoke little Italian and he practically no English, both were undeniably smitten. After only a few more meetings, Caroline was invited to stay with Marcello's family in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, where she was introduced to the eccentric Manzo clan, including Marcello's larger-than-life mother Maria, who lived in a magnificent but crumbling villa, Santa Maria. Soon afterward Caroline and Marcello married, set out on an expatriate life together around the world, and started their own family, but Santa Maria was never far from their thoughts. After much debate over the fate of the deteriorating villa, Marcello and his brothers united to save it. Determined in their mission, but not entirely prepared for what they were getting into, Marcello and Caroline embarked on a restoration process full of disconcerting setbacks, demoralizing mishaps, and ultimately breathtaking results.

Manzo, Caroline Seller-- Homes and haunts-- Italy-- Sicily.

Manzo, Caroline Seller.

Homes.

Manners and customs.

Travel.

Sicily (Italy), Description and travel.

Sicily (Italy), Social life and customs.

Italy, Sicily.

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