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In the early 50s, Maria Grammatico and her sister were sent by their impoverished mother to live in a convent in Erice, on the western coast of Sicily. Leaving at 22, Maria had nothing to show for her hard life there except the ability to make the cakes and delicacies she has made her life's work.
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Bitter Almonds, Mary Taylor Simeti, Maria Grammatico
- Language
- Released
- 2002
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €8.49
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- Title
- Bitter Almonds
- Subtitle
- Recollections and Recipes From a Sicilian Girlhood
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mary Taylor Simeti, Maria Grammatico
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0553814656
- ISBN13
- 9780553814651
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Biographies, Nature, Travel, Cookbooks, Cookbooks, Food & Drinks, References & Manuals, Architecture, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Friendship, Relationships, Food, Education & School System, Holidays, Italy, Southern Europe, Memories, Feminism, Comedies, Dogs, Asia, China, Marriage, Writing, Baking, Inspiration, New York, India, Spain, Culture, Railways / Trains, Diaries, 21st Century, Australia, Egypt, Greece, Identity, Rome, Cities, Turkey, Venice, Iran, Romania, Road Trip, Sicily, Walking, Balkans, Kenya, Greek
- Description
- In the early 50s, Maria Grammatico and her sister were sent by their impoverished mother to live in a convent in Erice, on the western coast of Sicily. Leaving at 22, Maria had nothing to show for her hard life there except the ability to make the cakes and delicacies she has made her life's work.