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Pub Date: 2007Publisher: Syracuse University Press Summary: Autumn brought the chestnut season. The luscious green, dense forests, Ospedaletto's natural blanket, produced a large chesnut harvest. But in spite of the crop's abundance, I could risk my life if I as much as entered the woods during that season. Various families from the village had laid claim to sections of the woods and protected their territories with shotguns. But nature, in its generosity, allowed a few chest [read more]
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9780815608851
ISBN:
0815608853
Pub Date: 2007
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Autumn brought the chestnut season. The luscious green, dense forests, Ospedaletto's natural blanket, produced a large chesnut harvest. But in spite of the crop's abundance, I could risk my life if I as much as entered the woods during that season. Various families from the village had laid claim to sections of the woods and protected their territories with shotguns. But nature, in its generosity, allowed a few chestnuts to fall outside the woods from the heavily laden trees that bordered the roads. Children and adults hastened to compete for the rich fruit, for it provided a delicious meal or a dessert ... Although only eleven, I was aware how much my mother struggled to provide food with the little money she was getting, and anytime I could, I was proud to make a minor contribution." Book jacket.
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