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PERFETTO!!!

An Italian-American woman decides, after several life-altering events, to leave Lake Como, NJ, to work in her ancestors' land of Carrera, Italy.

I enjoyed everything about this book. Learning about the marble mining industry and how it was the same mine that Michelangelo chose his marble. Gilting. Love your crazy family. Villages.

I plan to buy Lottery ticketsto hopefully get enough money to visit Italy. That is how impressed I am

I discovered a Netflix documentary series called Street Food: Latin America. I started with the last episode because it is on #Bolivia. Quite interesting and enjoyable! I really want to taste cinnamon sorbet now, although I shudder to think of the amount of colouring in it, given that it is bright red! There's also a lot of deep-fried food, as in the screenshot above 😁

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My book haul for #FoodandLit #Bolivia
-Tagged book is a short story collection by 20th-c. Bolivian author/journalist/poet Óscar Cerruto. I'll start on it as soon as I've finished my current novel.
-Affections, which I've already read & reviewed
-A South-American cookbook. Let's hope there's lots to choose from for Bolivia!

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Tomorrow #Bolivia celebrates its Independence Day!

Bolivia Independence Day, also known as Dia de la Patria, is celebrated on August 6th every year in Bolivia. The holiday commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1825, which marked the end of Spanish rule in Bolivia.

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My 1st book for #FoodandLit #Bolivia is a novel based on the life of the Ertl family: former nazi Hans (Leni Riefenstahl's cameraman), & his 3 daughters Heidi, Trixi & Monika, revolutionary with Che Guevara. It's all told in alternate viewpoints with no clear delimitation between narrators - you just have to go with the flow & trust things will fall into place (which they do)!

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Pic from https://mubi.com/en/cast/hans-ertl

Eight books read in July while still making my way through chunksters Kristin Lavransdatter (#KLBR) and Little Dorrit (#whattheDickens). Stats:

1 book finished for last month‘s #foodandlit #Greenland
3 books for #foodandlit #Peru
1 book for #authoramonth (Virginia Wolff)
2 books for #campLitsy, including the tagged book, best book of the year so far

I‘m giving this book away. I gave it 5 stars. It works for #Samoa, our #foodandlit country for October. I‘m happy to send it to a Litten who wants it. Let me know! 😁

So this book is written supposedly by an author from Bolivia, although he doesn't live there anymore. I can tell you that this is a great book. A young boy has to go to an island to live alone for one year because he has anger issues and almost killed another boy. I believe that this method of rehabilitation should be for all young teens. The character here grew in leaps and bounds. #FoodandLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader #Read2025 @DieAReader