{"product_id":"9781619021334","title":"Accabadora: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning portrait of rural Italy in the 1950s and “a touching meditation on life and death and the power of love to bind, transcend, and let go” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e At one time betrothed to a fallen soldier, Bonaria Urrai of Sardinia has a long-held covenant with the dead. Midwife to the dying, easing their suffering and sometimes ending it, she is revered and feared in equal measure as her village’s Accabadora. When Bonaria adopts Maria, the unloved fourth child of a widow, she tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as an angel of mercy.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Moved by the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, Bonaria breaks her golden rule of familial consent. In the recriminations that follow, Maria rejects her and flees Sardinia for Turin. Adrift in the big city, Maria strives as ever to find love and acceptance, but her efforts are overshadowed by the creeping knowledge of a debt unpaid, of a duty and destiny that must one day be hers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccabadora\u003c\/i\u003e is Michaela Murgia’s exceptional English-language debut and has been awarded seven major literary prizes, including Italy’s prestigious Premio Campiello.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Poignant, honest, and magical, this is a dazzling story for the senses, and one I will not soon forget.” —Susan Sherman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Russian\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171832447216,"sku":"9781619021334","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619021334_p0.jpg?v=1763853699","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619021334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}