In the Shadow of the Apennines by Kimberly Sullivan
In the Shadows of the Apennines by Kimberly Sullivan SUMMARY: The sleepy little Abruzzo mountain town of Marsicano seems about as far as Samantha can flee from her failed marriage and disastrous university career. Eager for a fresh start, Samantha begins to set down roots in her Italian mountain hideaway. At first, the mountain retreat appears idyllic, but an outsider’s clumsy attempts at breaking into the closed mountain community are quickly thwarted when the residents discover Samantha’s snarky blog ridiculing the town and its inhabitants. Increasingly isolated in her mountain cottage, Samantha discovers the letters and diaries of Elena, a past tenant and a survivor of the 1915 Pescina earthquake. Despite the fact that a century separates the two women, Samantha feels increasingly drawn into Elena’s life, and discovers startling parallels with her own. MY REVIEW: T his is an intriguing and absorbing story about how someone from the past rescues someone in the presen