Page 6 of 2007 Spring Summer by Arcade Publishing

in the tradition of cinema paradiso comes a warm tender and richly nostalgic look at growing up in a remote village in a postwar italy on the brink of modernity mario valentini was born in the rugged abruzzo mountains in the heart of italy but with money short at home and his father working in a foreign land at four years old he was sent to live with his uncle a traveling priest thus began a life of unexpected freedoms and marvelous adventures for the mischievous boy who loved nothing so much as swordplay and american chewing gum every new town meant new friends and getting into trouble was as easy as shooting his slingshot from confronting a hungry wolf at dusk to drinking in the fumes in an empty wine barrel every anecdote sparkles with his exuberance for life as he grows he gleans lessons from unexpected sources a curmudgeonly painter a communist reputed to eat priests for dinner even the caustic spinster aunt who keeps house for his uncle full of humor and affection and infused with the scents and tastes of abruzzo here is a timeless memoir that captures indelibly a special time and place final cover to come marketing advertising new york times book review publicity national print publicity campaign promotion incremental co-op book sense promotion web marketing · a deeply affecting memoir that pulls at the heartstrings and the longing for a simpler better time · told from the child s point of view and conveyed in a gently humorous style reminiscent of roddy doyle and frank mccourt · a perfect book for all lovers of italy and for readers of frances mayes chewing gum in holy water v an es sagr ac e a childhood in italy s abruzzo mountains mario valentini and cheryl hardacre 1-55970-837-9 978-1-55970-837-1 $25.00 · $31.95 in canada · memoir · hardcover 6 x 8 1/4 · 320 pages · rights us canada arcade m ay mario valentini was a scriptwriter and script editor in rome and acted in movies by fellini and pasolini he now works as an artist cheryl hardacre is a writer and screenwriter they both live in sydney australia 76 |

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