The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
I finished a great book yesterday, The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames. It's a family epic based on the author's family legends. The characters are great - the title character Stella really comes to life, and the supporting characters are wonderful, too. The story starts in Stella's village of Ieovoli in southern Italy where from early childhood, Stella has a number of brushes with death. Is Stella just unlucky, or are other forces at work? I was bothered by the casual violence toward women by their fathers and husbands (the men who should have been protecting them) and how everyone just accepted the way that women were treated. I highly recommend this title.
I received a pre-publication galley from author Juliet Grames in return for an honest review - she was out on a book tour at the time but was still thoughtful enough to have one of her co-workers get the copy out to me.
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