Elise Valmorbida

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		Home Books The Happy Writing Book The Madonna of the Mountains The Winding Stick The TV President Saxon The Book of Happy Endings Matilde Waltzing Teaching Writing Projects Events Contact + Links		“It is a triumph of a literary novel that shifts in unexpected, utterly fascinating ways.” —Victorian Premier’s Literary Award 2019 *WINNER* 2019 Edward Stanford Award [shortlisted] Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommendation “A bewitching but entirely unsentimental portrait of one woman’s attempt to keep her family safe in turbulent times.” —The Times [Book of the Month, Summer Pick, Best New Paperback] “Compulsively beautiful” —Mark Rubbo, Readings “A must-read.” —New York Post “Italy’s Veneto region is the setting for Elise Valmorbida’s poignant novel, a sumptuous saga of love and enmity during the years after the Great War.” —Edinburgh International Book Festival “A genre defying novel.” —NB magazine “A stirring tale of adversity and endurance.” —Herald Scotland USA French UK hardcover German UK paperback 2019 Czech Dutch ANZ Polish UK large print USA large print Russian