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In this fascinating follow-up to the highly successful "Dear Francesca", Mary Contini writes to her other daughter, Olivia, to tell the story of her great-grandparents, the humble Italian shepherds who emigrated to Edinburgh and then helped to transform Britain's food culture. Sharing some of the recipes that they brought over - the tomatoes, the garlic, the sausage, the wine - this is a mouthwatering memoir of family and food. It is also a brilliant evocation of life between the wars, a triumphant story of survival against all the odds, that captures the sights and smells of Italian life and culture, at home and abroad.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Autobiography: general

• Full title: Dear Olivia
• Author: Mary Contini
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432
• EAN: 9781841959825
• ISBN: 1841959820
• ID: 04255237
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Weight: 308 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 145 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. July 2007

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