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House in Sicily
Daphne Phelps
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Description for House in Sicily
Paperback. A delightful and moving homage to the 'most beautiful house in Taormina, Sicily' and the colourful people of the local community by the modest, independent and generous woman who has inhabited it for over fifty years Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Near Mount Etna in Sicily lies Casa Cuseni, a beautiful house built in golden stone - and the home which Daphne Phelps was astonished to find she had inherited in 1947. At the age of 34, war-weary from working as a psychiatric social worker, with barely any Italian, and precious little money, she plunged into a fascinating Sicilian world. Every imaginable problem had to be overcome, not only financial difficulties but local authorities and a house staff who initially felt no loyalty to the new Signorina but who gradually accepted her as a respected member of their small community. To ... Read more
Near Mount Etna in Sicily lies Casa Cuseni, a beautiful house built in golden stone - and the home which Daphne Phelps was astonished to find she had inherited in 1947. At the age of 34, war-weary from working as a psychiatric social worker, with barely any Italian, and precious little money, she plunged into a fascinating Sicilian world. Every imaginable problem had to be overcome, not only financial difficulties but local authorities and a house staff who initially felt no loyalty to the new Signorina but who gradually accepted her as a respected member of their small community. To ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860496486
SKU
V9781860496486
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Ref
99-10
About Daphne Phelps
Daphne Phelps's house and garden have featured in THE WORLD OF INTERIORS and were the subject of a Radio 3 programme.
Reviews for House in Sicily
Shrewd and sometimes wicked ... fascinating
DAILY MAIL
Written with a masterful sense of narrative timing ... this is one of those books which doesn't end - you just have a sense of a life going on and on
IRISH TIMES
A book as warm as the land it celebrates.
INDEPENDENT
DAILY MAIL
Written with a masterful sense of narrative timing ... this is one of those books which doesn't end - you just have a sense of a life going on and on
IRISH TIMES
A book as warm as the land it celebrates.
INDEPENDENT