LINA MEDAGLIA's "THE DEMONS OF AQUILONIA"

Lina Medaglia's "The Demons of Aquilonia" is a mesmerizing novel of betrayal, loss, and multiple identities. This is the story of Licia Giganteschi, for whom it takes half a lifetime to go back home, to a place she loves and hates at the same time. Licia grows up in the beautiful wilderness of a mountain village in Calabria, Italy. Born of terroni with aspirations for their children, she is raised by Grazia, an introverted mother, and Marco, a guest-worker in Germany. She spends her time between the Zimpoli farm of her revolutionary, eccentric grandfather, and the suffocating scrutiny of her fathers relatives in the village of Aquilonia. When the call to immigrate to Canada comes, for Licia, it is a welcome call. But she could not have foreseen that the curse of the Giganteschis, which she hears about for the first time during a schoolyard fight, will follow the family to Toronto and beyond. When Licia finally returns home and retraces the steps of those who loved her and those who hurt her, she understands how her mothers life, and her own life, are intertwined with the mysterious women who were her mothers only friends: her uncles mistress, a nun in a cave, and a witch who delivers babies.

Visit Lina's website -- http://linamedaglia.com/ -- to learn more about this brilliant novel, or visit Lina's publisher, Inanna Publications -- http://www.yorku.ca/inanna/

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[macguy99]

Lina Medaglia's book, The Demons of Aquilonia, is the best novel I have read in many years. It is both heartbreaking and joyous, an emotional rollercoaster ride from beginning to end. Her sense of humour is sharp and wild, but her drama and moments of sadness are touching and almost overwhelming... I even shed a tear from time to time while reading this incredible book. I cannot recommend this book enough to my friends online. Please take my advice and read "Demons" asap.