Description
| Product ID: | 9781447293057 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Pippo and Clara |
| Authors: | Author: Diana Rosie |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Historical fiction, Historical fiction, Italy, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A story about love and loss – and how so much of our lives hinges on chance . . . <p><b>'A powerful story, sweetly told' – Antonio Iturbe, author of <i>The Librarian of Auschwitz</i></b><br><br><b>A country torn apart by war. Two siblings divided by fate.</b><br><br>Italy, 1938. Mussolini is in power and war is not far away . . .<br><br>Clara and Pippo are just children: quiet, thoughtful Clara is the older sister; Pippo, the younger brother, is forever chatting. The family has only recently arrived in the city carrying their few possessions.<br><br>When Mamma goes missing early one morning, both Clara and Pippo go in search of her. Clara turns right; Pippo left.<br><br>As a result of the choices they make that morning, their lives will be changed forever.<br><br><b>Diana Rosie’s <i>Pippo and Clara</i> tells the story of a family and a country divided. But will Clara and Pippo – and their mother – find each other again?</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Mantle |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-02-04 |