Léonie by Sveva Casati Modignani
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Well, here’s another book I really loved. It was translated from Italian to English and there were just a couple of places where I thought it read “funny” but the story is excellent.
I love books that travel through generations and this is a book like that. You grow to love the characters so much by the time the book is over you don’t want it to end.
Leonie, is a poor French girl who was basically unwanted by her mother and raised by two older neighbors. She was very smart in school and, in the end, life.
She marries Guido Cantoni, the son of an industrialist who has left the family, plumbing fixtures business. She feels he has a secret that makes him sad. Eventually, she has a secret, that takes place every year, that makes her happy.
Through the course of the story, Leonie has five children and joins the family business and is a factor in growing and modernizing the company.
At the end of the story, after so many years of secrets, Guido and Leonie realize they have loved each other all along.
If you like getting lost amidst the story, this is a great book suggestion for you. 🙂