Simonetta Agnello Hornby

I listened to the Italian version on Audible, and enjoyed the story very much. It is a sad story, as many that deal with the world of the poor peasants in southern Italy in the early 60s, but superbly told. I enjoyed the language, the colourful language and descriptions, and bought then a copy for my sisters to read.
The only thing I didn't enjoy is the audio: in some parts, the audio is made faster, so that the words are so close together (a bit like some radio ads, when they squeeze the message to save costly on-air time), and it sounded really odd. Then, chapter 46 interrupts in the very middle of a sentence, so that a piece of the narrative is missing, and these are the reasons why the book gets only 4 stars.
If you understand Italian, don't buy the Audible version... get a printed copy, or a digital one, instead.… (more)