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Accabadora / Michela Murgia ; translated by Silvester Mazzarella.

1950s Sardinia. When Tzia Bonaria adopts Maria, an unloved fourth child, she tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as an accabadora, an angel of mercy who acts as a midwife to the dying. Moved by the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, Bonaria breaks her golden rule of familial consent; and in the recriminations that follow, Maria rejects Tzia Bonaria and flees Sardinia for Turin. Adrift in the big city, she strives to find love and acceptance, but her efforts are overshadowed by the creeping knowledge of a debt unpaid and of a destiny that must one day be hers...

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
C9007581219 LP MUR
Large print   Smithfield Branch . . On Loan, Rit/ . 3 Apr 2024
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ISBN 9781444820409
1444820400
Author Murgia, Michela, 1972-
Title Accabadora / Michela Murgia ; translated by Silvester Mazzarella.
Edition Large print edition.
Published Leicester : Thorpe, Ulverscroft, 2014.
Physical description 232 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Summary 1950s Sardinia. When Tzia Bonaria adopts Maria, an unloved fourth child, she tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as an accabadora, an angel of mercy who acts as a midwife to the dying. Moved by the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, Bonaria breaks her golden rule of familial consent; and in the recriminations that follow, Maria rejects Tzia Bonaria and flees Sardinia for Turin. Adrift in the big city, she strives to find love and acceptance, but her efforts are overshadowed by the creeping knowledge of a debt unpaid and of a destiny that must one day be hers...
Subject Adoptees -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Euthanasia -- Fiction
Large type books
Sardinia (Italy) -- Fiction
Additional author Mazzarella, Silvester
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Reservations Queue 1
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