The White Moth
The Story of Three Generations at a Tuscan Villa
by Camilla Calhoun
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Pub Date Oct 28 2018 | Archive Date Dec 21 2018
Troubador Publishing Limited | Matador
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Description
The White Moth is an intimate, riveting portrait of life at a farm villa in Tuscany, from the challenging times of fascism and foreign occupation in the 1940s to the idyllic farm-to-table times in the 1970s. A generational saga of longing, loss and displacement, the book is also an American woman’s tribute to her Italian husband and mother-in-law.
While championing Alda’s courage, optimism and resilience despite heartbreaking loss, the author also celebrates her own idyllic times spent harvesting and falling in love with her friend at his farm villa in the 1970s. The book explores the interconnected stories of three generations of women who marry into the Rafanelli family and reveals the importance of place and the tender relationship between women. It is also the story of the changing roles and status of women and challenges the stereotype of the often maligned role of a mother-in-law.
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781789012750 |
| PRICE | $7.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 200 |
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 213288
The White Moth is part biography of her mother in law, Alda and part memoir.
The biography part was a struggle to read because the author wrote a good chunk of it in conversation, which made it veer into fiction territory. With so much conversation in the text that the author could not verify, it made me wonder why not write a fictionalized account of her mother in law’s life instead?
The memoir parts were interesting but oddly strung together. No introduction to people in her life and then all of a sudden they feature in the story (ie her brother Jerry. We don’t know about his existence until her father is dying of cancer in the hospital). It was weird
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