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Unable to rouse the paralysed chicken, Nives has no choice but to call the town veterinarian, Loriano Bottai, an old acquaintance of hers. What follows is a phone call that seems to last a lifetime, a phone call that becomes a novel. Their conversation veers from the chicken to the past—to the life they once shared, the secrets they never had the courage to reveal, wounds that never healed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTell Me About It\u003c\/em\u003e reverberates with the kinds of stories we tell ourselves at night when we cannot sleep: stories of love lost, of abandonment, of silent and heart-breaking nostalgia, of joy, laughter, and despair. 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A loner, his only friend is the widow Anna, a woman with whom he has been secretly in love for years. When Anna’s son joins the Resistance but is soon killed by the Wehrmacht, the grieving woman vows to continue her son’s mission. René later learns that a group of Resistance fighters has been ambushed and the survivors are imprisoned in the bishop’s villa. A woman is among them, they say, a grieving mother and former inhabitant of Le Case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRené can no longer stand by and watch as his town, his country, and his one great love become victims of the Nazis and their Fascist enablers, and he decides to take action. Perhaps for the first time in his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the true story of a nefarious collaboration between the Catholic diocese of Grosseto and the Fascist authorities, \u003cem\u003eThe Bishop’s Villa\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful weaving together of fact and fiction by one of Italy’s most exciting young writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54926482047349,"sku":"9781787705531","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781787705531_7e0af3bc-9ddc-4ceb-a965-74f74df4f262.jpg?v=1786025653"},{"product_id":"witch-s-mouth","title":"The Witch’s Mouth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe incredible story of a war between gangs of tomb raiders, from Maremma to California\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the Etruscan artifacts now exhibited in the world's most prestigious galleries have a story. 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