{"product_id":"return-to-valetto-9781761067273","title":"Return to Valetto","description":"\u003cp\u003eA nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II. On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village-and a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II-centuries of earthquakes, landslides and the lure of a better life have left it neglected. Only ten residents remain, including the widows Serafino - three eccentric sisters and their steely centenarian mother - who live quietly in their medieval villa. Then their nephew and grandson, Hugh, a historian, returns. But someone else has arrived before him, laying claim to the cottage where Hugh spent his childhood summers. The unwelcome guest is the captivating and no-nonsense Elisa Tomassi, who asserts that the family patriarch, Aldo Serafino, a resistance fighter whom her own family harboured, gave the cottage to them in gratitude. Like so many threads of history, this revelation unravels a secret - a betrayal, a disappearance and an unspeakable act of violence - that has impacted Valetto across generations. Who will answer for the crimes of the past?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smith, Dominic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54126242201711,"sku":"9781761067273","price":11.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/4013\/5535\/files\/9781761067273.jpg?v=1787651801","url":"https:\/\/rechapter.com.au\/products\/return-to-valetto-9781761067273","provider":"ReChapter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}