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Marisa Parker
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Goodbye to Italia
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Author Insight
We Must Never Forget
I cannot imagine what it was like for my mum as a six-year-old in Turin, North Italy in 1940. During World War 2, bombings, a lack of food and intensely cold winters killed a great deal of people almost as bad as if they were fighting on the front line. In ‘GOODBYE TO Italia’, my mum and dad’s experiences interchange during the first half of the book, as they were so diverse. What courage and perseverance were demonstrated by those women and children! How fortunate we and our children are today; we must never forget. #ReaderLove
Book Excerpt
Goodbye to Italia
Mariolina – 6 years old
Torino, Italy – 1940
‘I hate the bombs,’ I say to Nonna. She is cleaning the wound on her leg that happened on the night of our lucky escape from the bunker when she fell up the stairs.
‘Mmmm,’ is her only response.
I leave the kitchen and go and look for Mamma who is in our bedroom. ‘Voglio stare qui. I want to stay here.’ I look up into my Mamma’s big, brown eyes as she helps me into my overcoat just a few minutes later. She has dark shadows under her eyes and it looks like she has been crying. ‘What’s wrong, Mamma?’
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