Dandelions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781913097974)

Where, or what, is home? What has it meant, historically and personally, to be 'Italian' or 'English', or both in a culture that prefers us to choose? What does it mean to have roots? Or to have left a piece of oneself somewhere long since abandoned?

In Dandelions, Thea Lenarduzzi pieces together her family history through four generations' worth of migration between Italy and England, and the stories scattered like seeds along the way. At the heart of this book is her grandmother Dirce, a former seamstress and a repository of tales that are by turns unpredictable, unreliable, significant. Through the journeys of Dirce and her relatives, from the Friuli to Sheffield and Manchester and back again, a different kind of history emerges.

A family memoir rich in folk legends, food, art, politics and literature, Dandelions heralds the arrival of an exceptional writer: bold, joyful and wise.

Author: Thea Lenarduzzi
ISBN-10: 1913097978
ISBN-13: 9781913097974
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2023
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2023