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Marisa Parker
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Goodbye to Italia
Biographies & Memoirs
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How Traditions have Changed
A beautiful sentiment surrounds tradition; and, it seems to me that some cultures celebrate these with more importance than others. I like the old-fashioned ones—although growing up in a strict and Italian Catholic family I bumped up against those rules—as they actually celebrate a sense of community and honouring the past. When my father finally declared his love for my mother in 1952, he was 31 years old and she was 18. This came about, as he asked her to go with him to Sunday Mass at Il Duomo, a beautiful old church, in the Torino city centre, in Northern Italy. This was a declaration indicating the seriousness of his intent and this would have caused much fluttering … not only in a young girl’s heart but those of her mamma and nonna!
Book Excerpt
Goodbye to Italia
It is Wednesday late afternoon and Iucci is doing the stocktake. She looks up to find Eugenio’s gaze on her. Quirking her eyebrow, she asks, ‘Anything wrong?’
Eugenio licks his lips and shakes his head. ‘No. I was just wondering. Will you go with me to mass at the Duomo on Sunday?’
Iucci is taken aback. She feels a flush rise on her cheeks. Apart from that one incident where she thought she had seen a jealous look in his eyes, Eugenio has always been completely business-oriented. She also knows about his reputation with the girls and she did not think that she had captured his eye. And now, he wants to go to church with her in the Torino city centre!
‘Alright,’ she says smiling at him shyly.
‘Eh bene. When we get home tonight, I will ask permission from your mamma and Donna Maria. I think it is better I do that, no? I know they are both very protective of you,’ he says with a wry smile.
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