Family Lexicon - Natalia Ginzburg a good mother to her

a good mother to her only child

But the arrival of a charismatic new resident will bring dramatic change to 7

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Part memoir

but whose talent remained hidden for far too long

Family Lexicon - Natalia Ginzburg a good mother to herGiuseppe Levi is a Jewish scientist, consumed by his work and a mania for hiking. Impatient and intractable, he is constantly at odds with his impressionable and wistful wife Lidia yet he cannot be without her. Together they preside over their five children in a house filled with argument and activity, books and politics, visitors, friends and famous faces. But as their children grow up against the backdrop of Mussolinis Italy, the Levi household must