Murder in Matera : a true story of passion, family, and forgiveness in Southern Italy
A writer goes deep into the heart of Italy to unravel a century-old family mystery in this spellbinding memoir. Since childhood, Helene Stapinski heard lurid tales about her great-great-grandmother, Vita. In Southern Italy, she was a loose woman who had murdered someone. Immigrating to America with three children, she lost one along the way. Helene's youthful obsession with Vita deepened as she grew up, eventually propelling the journalist to Ita...