Articles liés à Buttana: The Rags-to-Riches Story of a Sicilian Girl
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“Buttana,” Pietra said, softly. Such an ugly word. She looked up. “And the men?” she asked. “What are they called?” Lucia frowned. “I don’t understand.” “The men who sleep with women to whom they are not married. What is the insulting name for them?” “There...there is no such name.” “I see,” Pietra said, slowly. “So it is bad for a woman to do it, but acceptable for the man.” Feminist ideas were unusual in 1960s Sicily when a man could put his bride to death for discovering she was not a virgin. The unfortunate circumstances of Pietra's birth mean her mother is seen as a slut. Pietra is treated harshly not only by her mother but by most people in the village and she is kept in almost total ignorance, knowing nothing about sex. She doesn't understand sexual references or have any comprehension why her mother beat her for holding a boy's hand. Her life seems set in misery. And then she meets Don Roccapalumba...
Biographie de l'auteur :
G.L.Sheridan has written several books which are published on Amazon Kindle. Her Italian background led her to write Buttana but she also loves science-fiction and enjoys humour. In addition to her novels, she has about eighty short stories and about two hundred poems, as well as plays and published articles. She has won prizes for her short stories, including a first prize of £250 presented at the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society by Bernard Cornwell. She was also shortlisted in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future international quarter-finals. She teaches part-time at a homework club, runs two local writing groups and edits a poetry and prose magazine called Pennine Ink. She also organises the annual competition for both writing circles and runs a monthly reading group. www.g-laurasheridan.weebly.com
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- ÉditeurCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Date d'édition2015
- ISBN 10 1512332208
- ISBN 13 9781512332209
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages266
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