{"product_id":"return-to-valetto","title":"Return to Valetto","description":"\u003cp data-v-00cb3153=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eA captivating and moving new novel from the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Painting of Sara de Vos\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-00cb3153=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003eA nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II.\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOn a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village-and a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II-centuries of earthquakes, landslides and the lure of a better life have left it neglected. Only ten residents remain, including the widows Serafino - three eccentric sisters and their steely centenarian mother - who live quietly in their medieval villa. Then their nephew and grandson, Hugh, a historian, returns.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBut someone else has arrived before him, laying claim to the cottage where Hugh spent his childhood summers. The unwelcome guest is the captivating and no-nonsense Elisa Tomassi, who asserts that the family patriarch, Aldo Serafino, a resistance fighter whom her own family harboured, gave the cottage to them in gratitude. Like so many threads of history, this revelation unravels a secret - a betrayal, a disappearance and an unspeakable act of violence - that has impacted Valetto across generations. Who will answer for the crimes of the past?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDominic Smith's \u003ci\u003eReturn to Valetto\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting journey into one family's long-buried story, a page-turning excavation of the ruins of history and our commitment to justice in a fragile world. For fans of Amor Towles, Anthony Doerr and Jess Walter, it is a deeply human and transporting testament to the possibility of love and understanding across gaps of all kinds - even time.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41032087830562,"sku":"9781761067273","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/products\/Copy-of-Book-Template-1438.jpg?v=1678918291","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/return-to-valetto","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}