A thousand painted hours a novel
Three generations of the Ansaldo family grapple with the aftermath of a tragic murder in this sweeping, cinematic debut set in 1980s Rome, for fans of Elena Ferrante and Liz Moore. It's a sultry August night when sixteen-year-old Betta Ansaldo convinces her cousin Miriam to sneak out to the local be...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lake Union Publishing,
2026.
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| Summary: | Three generations of the Ansaldo family grapple with the aftermath of a tragic murder in this sweeping, cinematic debut set in 1980s Rome, for fans of Elena Ferrante and Liz Moore. It's a sultry August night when sixteen-year-old Betta Ansaldo convinces her cousin Miriam to sneak out to the local beach for a party. Only Miriam returns. Traumatized by the violence she's witnessed, she remains silent. The small community is riven with grief, none more so than the Ansaldos, who search for answers they cannot find. Who did Betta cross paths with on that fateful night? What was she doing there? And how could such a horrific crime happen in such a peaceful place? As the years pass, and Betta's murder goes unsolved, the Ansaldo family fractures under the weight of their loss. When Miriam meets Leo, a sweet-natured young man with a dark past, their romance seems to turn her life around. But when Leo starts to pull loose the threads of Betta's story, determined to find out what really happened, his search for the truth risks unraveling everything. |
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| Physical Description: | 531 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781662514968 1662514964 9781662514975 1662514972 |
| Author Notes: | She has won numerous awards including two Colorado Book Awards and six RITAs, including one for THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS (Bantam 2009) in 2010. Barbara's other books include How to Bake a Perfect Life (Bantam 2010), and The Secret of Everything (Bantam 2009). Barbara's novels have been published widely in Europe and Australia. She travels internationally presenting workshops, hiking hundreds of miles, and of course, eating. (Bowker Author Biography) |
