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Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction
A Best Book of the Year: BookPage
A Must-Read: The New York Post and The Christian Science Monitor

A story of love, loss, and the enduring power of hope. I was transfixed from page one. -Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept

From the bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smith's Return to Valetto tells of a nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II.

On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village that survived centuries of earthquakes and landslides and became a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II, it has since been nearly abandoned, as residents sought better lives elsewhere. Only ten remain, including the widows Serafino-th

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      Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/06/2023
      ISBN13: 9780374607685, 978-0374607685
      ISBN10: 0374607680

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction
      A Best Book of the Year: BookPage
      A Must-Read: The New York Post and The Christian Science Monitor

      A story of love, loss, and the enduring power of hope. I was transfixed from page one. -Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept

      From the bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smith's Return to Valetto tells of a nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II.

      On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village that survived centuries of earthquakes and landslides and became a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II, it has since been nearly abandoned, as residents sought better lives elsewhere. Only ten remain, including the widows Serafino-th

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