The Girl Who Said No

Natalie Galli

Description

Bookstore appearances in the San Francisco Bay Area

Special events at Italian cultural organizations such as Museo ItaloAmericano and Istituto Italiano di Cultura

Promotion through national women's organizations such as NOW

Tapping into #MeToo via social media and major media outreach

National review attention in women's magazines

Publisher and author website promotions

Goodreads Giveaway

An inspiring story in this era of #MeToo

Sicilian-American author digs under the surface of Sicilian culture

Encounters with the Mafia are of perennial interest

The quest becomes a paean to Sicily as well as a source of discovery

Book appeals to readers interested in travel as well as culture and politics

Everybody loves Italy!
Prologue

Chapter I A Hot Pink Hell

Chapter II Packing

Chapter III Approach from the West

Chapter IV Arrival

Chapter V Venerdi Santo

Chapter VI Sabato Santo

Chapter VII Pasqua

Chapter VIII Easter Monday

Chapter IX The Garden

Chapter X The Vault

Chapter XI The Shoes Weekend

Chapter XII The National Library

Chapter XIII Ill Wind

Chapter XIV Summit Plea to Aphrodite

Chapter XV The Silent and the Loud

Chapter XVI The North Coast

Chapter XVII Ruins, Bureaucrats

Chapter XVIII Planning The Getaway

Chapter XIX Bilingual Bus Ride

Chapter XX Onward

Chapter XXI Wet Scirocco

Chapter XXII Scylla and Charybdis

Chapter XXIII Rescued

Chapter XXIV Will She Speak?

Italian - English Glossary

Appendix

Acknowledgments

Sujets

• Women's rights
• Sicily
• Italy
• My Last Duchess
• Sicile

Informations

• Publié par: Travelers' Tales
• Date de parution: 23 avril 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781609521738
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

The Girl Who Said No: A Search in Sicily

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Copyright © 201u by Natalie Gallie. All rights reserved.

Travelers’ Tales and Solas HoUse are trademarks of Solas HoUse, Inc. Palo Alto, California u4306 www.travelerstales.com

Cover Design: Kimberly Nelson Interior Design and Page LayoUt: Howie Severson and Walton Mendelson

Portions of this book were previoUsly pUblished in the anthologiesTravelers’ Tales Italy: True Stories of Life on the Road(1uu8),Italy, A Love Story(Seal Press) 2005, andThe Best Women’s Travel Writing, 2008, 200u, 2010 (Travelers’ Tales), three of which were awarded gold and silver prizes by Bay Area Travel Writers in 2008 and 2010. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PUblication Data is available Upon reqUest. ISBN u78-1-60u52-172-1 (paperback) ISBN u78-1-60u52-173-8 (ebook) ISBN u78-1-60u52-174-5 (hardcover)

First Edition 10 u 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the Ûnited States of America

For the many other Francas who have gone by other names in other places at other times. And for the most patient of midwives: Claire Fraschina and Stanley Steinberg.

Prologue

Table of Contents

Chapter I: A Hot Pink Hell Chapter II: Packing Chapter III: Approach From the West Chapter IV: Arrival Chapter V: Venerdi Santo Chapter VI: Sabato Santo Chapter VII: Pasqua Chapter VIII: Easter Monday Chapter IX: The Garden Chapter X: The Vault Chapter XI: The Shoes Weekend Chapter XII: The National Library Chapter XIII: Ill Wind Chapter XIV: Summit Plea to Aphrodite Chapter XV: The Silent and the Loud Chapter XVI: The North Coast Chapter XVII: Ruins, Bureaucrats Chapter XVIII: Planning The Getaway Chapter XIX: Bilingual Bus Ride Chapter XX: Onward Chapter XXI: Wet Scirocco Chapter XXII: Scylla and Charybdis Chapter XXIII: Rescued Chapter XXIV: Will She Speak?

Italian - English Glossary Appendix Acknowledgments About the Author

We rowed on. The Rocks were now behind; Kharybdis, too, and Skylla dropped astern. Then we were coasting the noble island of the god, where grazed those cattle with wide brows, and bounteous flocks of Helios, lord of noon, who rides high heaven. From the black ship, far still at sea, I heard the lowing of the cattle winding home and sheep bleating; and heard, too, in my heart the words of blind Teiresias of Thebes and Kirke of Aiaia; both forbade me the Island of the world’s delight, the Sun. So I spoke out in gloom to my companions: ‘Shipmates, grieving and weary though you are, listen: I had forewarning from Teiresias and Kirke, too; both told me I must shun this island of the Sun, the world’s delight. Nothing but fatal trouble shall we find here. Pull away, then, and put the land astern.’

The Odyssey Homer Book Twelve, lines 261-279 Robert Fitzgerald translation

I shall re-view Sicilia, for whose sight I have a woman’s longing.

TheWinter’s Tàle William Shakespeare Act IV Sc IV, 670-1

I thought the twenty professional Sicilian mourners were a bit much.

Angels in Americà Tony Kushner Perestroika