This book is lovely. Spanning multiple generations of an Italian family through the war, the women of the Cabrelli family experience love and loss and growth and find that they’re not so different from one another after all. The threads of the stories, remembered by Matelda as she relates them to her granddaughter in her final days of life, are braided together in a beautiful and touching family history. This book is best read on a stormy day with a cup of tea and a warm blanket with plenty of delicious snacks at hand.