Earn your freedom itch4/23/2024 ![]() ![]() 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.”Īccabadora, published in 2009, has been awarded seven major literary prizes, including Italy’s prestigious Premio Campiello.Ĭheck prices on Amazon USA by clicking here.Īmazon Italy link (in Italian language) here. Moved by the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, she breaks her golden rule of familial consent, and in the recriminations that follow, Maria rejects her and flees Sardinia for Turin. 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. Midwife to the dying, easing their suffering and sometimes ending it, she is revered and feared in equal measure as the village’s Accabadora. “Formerly beautiful and at one time betrothed to a fallen soldier, Bonaria Urrai has a long held covenant with the dead. “Accabadora” comes from the Sardinian and Spanish verb “acabar”, which means to finish, or to end. The woman would be invited by the dying person, or their family, and would provide a ‘good quick death’ using a pillow, or a wooden mallet made from Olive tree wood. Sa Femmina Accabadora was apparently a woman who used to perform euthanasia to people with terminal illnesses, and those who couldn’t afford medical help. Written by Michela Murgia, hailing from Cabras in the province of Oristano, Accabadora is classed as fiction – but, it’s believed that the premise is actually based on fact. 5 Books to Scratch your Sardinian ‘Itch’ Accabadora Now that’s out of the way, in no particular order, here we go… my list of books about Sardinia. ![]() That commission will either help me to keep Viva La Dolce Vita up and running, or pay for an Aperol Spritz for my wife Claudia! Hopefully, it should go in some way to scratching that itch you might have for Sardinia if you can’t travel here right now!įirst off though, I’ll be completely honest if you do make a purchase using these links I will earn a small commission. It’s for this reason that this week I’ve decided to do something different and list a few books about Sardinia that you may have heard of, and some that you probably haven’t. And yes to relaxing on the beach with a decent book. Yes, to home cooked Italian family lunches that last hours. No more fast-paced rat race and unhealthy takeaway food for me. I have also lost a good few kilos – mainly thanks to the hiking and trekking around the island! And last but not least, I have completely changed the way I view life… I’ve taken up reading again and have regained my interest in writing. Starting afreshĮver since moving here, I’ve basically rediscovered myself. This all changed when myself and my wife eventually upped sticks from Ireland, and settled down in Sardinia. If you’ve read my ‘About me’ section you’ll discover that a few years ago I became a bit of a ‘couch potato’. In more recent years, I have to admit though, I haven’t read as much as I’d like. I thank my parents for igniting the interest, and for making sure I always had a new book to read from our local library back home. Now, I’ve always been a reader, ever since I can remember. It’s definitely no surprise then that it has been the topic for a huge range of books either about, or set on the island. Sardinia is an island full of history, art, and culture. Yes! If you love Sardinia, or if you’ve always been curious about the island, what better way to discover it from afar than by reading a good book.
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