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The Almond Picker
The Almond Picker
Author: Simonetta Agnello Hornby
Like many memorable works of fiction, The Almond Picker hinges on a question, in this case: who is Maria Rosalia Inzerillo, known as Mennulara, the almond picker? Born into a desperately poor Sicilian farming family, Mennulara went into service when she was only a girl, as a maid for a well-to-do local family; by dint of hard work and i...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780374182342
ISBN-10: 0374182345
Publication Date: 3/16/2005
Pages: 336
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2.9 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Catty gossip book without the guilt! Fun book to read because it gives an entire towns' perspective on one person. It makes the reader wonder, âWas Mennulara good or evil?â In the process, we hear the âwholeâ story. It takes a little while to tell the whole story however.
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Was a bit hard to follow so I struggled through until the last 50 or 75 pages. Then the story began to reveal itself. Not as bad as I had originally thought.


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