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Siobhan’s latest novel (published in 2021) merges a modern-day granddaughter Charlotte who discovers a picture of the recently deceased grandmother, Elena with another young woman from when both served in the WWII Italian Resistance. Intrigued by the picture and puzzled by her grandmother’s cryptic words…

The Girl From Venice by Siobhan Daiko

October 16, 2021

My Brilliant Friend did not grab me immediately. A time or two I came close to not continuing listening to it. The esoteric nature of the writing kept me at a distance. As a result I never formed an emotional attachment to the characters while…

Review: My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels #1) by Elena Ferrante (Translated by Ann Goldstein)

September 3, 2015

Scientific American in their April issue gives us insight into why Italy, portrayed in Tempesta’s Dream, as well as other warm humid climates tend to foster opera singers. It’s because vocal chords to perform at their best needs the moisture in the more humid climates.…

Humidity is a good thing…At least For Singers

March 22, 2015

It’s strange how books find us. In a way, it is similar to way we find mates. There are patterns in both. Take two books I read recently. Mitch Albom’s The Time Keeper and Tim Parks’ Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan…

Telling Time: A Review of The Time Keeper and Italian Ways

January 11, 2014