Accabadora
by Michela Murgia
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"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."--Publisher description.
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Euthanasia, Adoptees, Families, Fiction, Fiction, family life, Italy, fictionShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Accabadora: a novel
2012, Counterpoint, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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1619020505 9781619020504
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This translation originally published: London: MacLehose, 2011.
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When Bonaria adopts Maria, the unloved fourth child of a widow, she tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as an angel of mercy. Moved by the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, she breaks her golden rule of familial consent, and in the recriminations that follow, Maria rejects her and flees Sardinia for Turin. Adrift in the big city, Maria strives as ever to find love and acceptance, but her efforts are overshadowed by the creeping knowledge of a debt unpaid, of a duty and destiny that must one day be hers.
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