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The Land Where My American Mother Died--Palermo, Sicily

The Land Where My American Mother Died--Palermo, Sicily

The Land Where My American Mother Died--Palermo, Sicily

Bennett Lear Fairorth

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iUniverse
Año de edición:
2003
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9780595279388
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Larry Abbott, 75, a widower and retired English teacher, takes a two-week tour of Italy and Sicily in the spring of 2002, hoping to visit his mother’s grave in Palermo after two earlier attempts since 1990 failed.

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