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Journey to the South (Paperback)

by Annie Hawes (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (7 Jul 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014101752X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141017525
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,484 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Ever since Annie got together with Ciccio, his Calabrian family have spoken of their homeland as an earthly paradise, of wild nights dancing the tarantella, of almond milk sold fresh from roadside stalls, of honey cakes and amaro made from wild liquorice roots... Now, at last, Annie and Ciccio are travelling down to see the ancestral home and extended family for themselves, along with a bunch of vocal and lively de Gilios who don't want to miss out on the fun. Will everything Annie has learnt in her years among the Ligurians stand her in good stead among the Calabresi? Or is she in for another steep learning curve in the intricacies of Italian rural life?

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Annie Hawes, originally from Shepherd’s Bush, is based in Liguria. Her previous books, Extra Virgin and Ripe for the Picking, were worldwide bestsellers.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An eye opener, 17 Oct 2005
Annie Hawes has a vivid way of writing about both people and places. Here she covers her first visit, and the de Gillio family's return to their southern roots. However, for some of the de Gillios much of Calabrian custom is as strange as Annie finds it. So there is a double strand of reactions to local customs, plus discovery by Annie of which "Ligurian customs" that she has known for years are in fact transported Calabrian ones.
She also covers the region's history, and I was stunned by how economically repressed the area had been - even into the 20th century.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Southern delight, 23 Oct 2006
By A. Herniman (Bristol, England) - See all my reviews
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Despite a healthy love of all things Italian, I try to avoid books entitled "A Year in..." so I hadn't read any of Annie Hawes' material. Two pages in to this, however, and I was hooked. Enough and probably everything has been written about life in Tuscany, villas on the hills, blah, blah, blah; this book takes you to the underbelly of daily existence, southern Italian style. Calabria is a region deprived of its northern cousins' fame, yet exudes a life from days of yore, and Annie Hawes captures the intricacies of morning coffee, preparing mountains of lavishly described food and how/when/why to eat, with social and well-paced historical comment. Ms Hawes has a delicate eye for the detail and takes you on a journey not just to the toe of Italy, but to the heart of the mezzogiorno. Bravissimo!
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars From an Italian point of view;, 24 Sep 2005
By M. Scaramucci "top heavy ship" (floating boat) - See all my reviews
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Annie Hawes southern adventures bring back old memories and feelings that an Italian who has lived abroad for 10 years might have somehow forgotten.
Stereotypes and cliches of the Italian way of living and interacting are all so vivid and real in Hawes' account that while reading I sometimes forgot the reality around me and I could nearly touch the carachters and feel part of their dialogues.

Great read, great book.

Mirco Scaramucci

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant book
The 3rd of Annie Hawes books, this one sees her and her Calabrese fidanzato heading south to his ancestrial home of Calabria. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Leanne

4.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and Relevant!
I really enjoyed this latest offering from Annie Hawes. Her wonderful descriptions of the people she met in Calabria are so realistic. Read more
Published 20 months ago by LindyLouMac

3.0 out of 5 stars Half a goat's head
In the mid-1980s, the British sisters, Annie and Lucy Hawes, fled cold and rainy Shepherd's Bush to graft roses in the Italian Riviera region of Liguria, and ended up buying a... Read more
Published on 24 May 2007 by Joseph Haschka

5.0 out of 5 stars Annie Hawes Does It Again
Her third book in the series "Journey to the south" has intrigued and inspired me, I cannot wait to explore the Calabrian region of Italy after reading her informative and... Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2005 by Martin Brolly

5.0 out of 5 stars Annie hawes Does It Again
Third Book in the series, "Journey to the south" has intrigued and inspired me.
I cannot wait to explore the Calabrian region of Italy after reading her information + humorous... Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2005 by Martin Brolly

3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointingly thin and slightly bitter vintage
This is the third of Annie Hawes' Italian character stories, but alas, in my judgement it lacks for the most part the winning charm, the empathy, and the cheerful good humour of... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2005 by Robert Aitken

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