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7478164The Empire of Dirthttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-empire-of-dirt-9780393881783/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1457932/fae86943-9713-44aa-8515-8f2a2fca268c.jpg?v=638811312066200000188229MXNW. W. Norton & CompanyInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>In this captivating English-language debut, three generations of women must face their secrets and regrets when an old family curse awakens.</strong></p><p>There has always been tension in "the blind house," where Valentina lives with her mother and grandmother in the Italian countryside. Valentinas pious grandmother often hints at a family curse, while Valentinas mother scoffs at superstition; its one of the battlegrounds on which they fight to control Valentinas upbringing.</p><p>But in the summer of 1996, when Valentina is twelve, she gets her period for the first timeand the curse suddenly becomes frighteningly real. Blood leaks from the walls; the house and farm are overrun with frogs; the kitchen crawls with flies. Valentina is certain that she has brought catastrophe to her house and its inhabitants.</p><p>In this propulsive coming-of-age novel, of mother-daughter relationships and painful family legacies, Valentina is forever changed by the events of one terrifying summer.</p>...1093365The Empire of Dirt188229https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-empire-of-dirt-9780393881783/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1457932/fae86943-9713-44aa-8515-8f2a2fca268c.jpg?v=638811312066200000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259780393881783_W3siaWQiOiJkMjA5MmY2Ni00YjU0LTQyOTktOWY1My04YzY3ZjRjNTlkOTgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIyOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDQtMjVUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780393881783_<p><strong>In this captivating English-language debut, three generations of women must face their secrets and regrets when an old family curse awakens.</strong></p><p>There has always been tension in the blind house, where Valentina lives with her mother and grandmother in the Italian countryside. Valentinas pious grandmother often hints at a family curse, while Valentinas mother scoffs at superstition; its one of the battlegrounds on which they fight to control Valentinas upbringing.</p><p>But in the summer of 1996, when Valentina is twelve, she gets her period for the first timeand the curse suddenly becomes frighteningly real. Blood leaks from the walls; the house and farm are overrun with frogs; the kitchen crawls with flies. Valentina is certain that she has brought catastrophe to her house and its inhabitants.</p><p>In this propulsive coming-of-age novel, of mother-daughter relationships and painful family legacies, Valentina is forever changed by the events of one terrifying summer.</p>...(*_*)9780393881783_<p><strong>In this captivating English-language debut, three generations of women must face their secrets and regrets when an old family curse awakens.</strong></p><p>There has always been tension in "the blind house," where Valentina lives with her mother and grandmother in the Italian countryside. Valentinas pious grandmother often hints at a family curse, while Valentinas mother scoffs at superstition; its one of the battlegrounds on which they fight to control Valentinas upbringing.</p><p>But in the summer of 1996, when Valentina is twelve, she gets her period for the first timeand the curse suddenly becomes frighteningly real. Blood leaks from the walls; the house and farm are overrun with frogs; the kitchen crawls with flies. Valentina is certain that she has brought catastrophe to her house and its inhabitants.</p><p>In this propulsive coming-of-age novel, of mother-daughter relationships and painful family legacies, Valentina is forever changed by the events of one terrifying summer.</p>...9780393881783_W. W. Norton & Companylibro_electonico_9780393881783_9780393881783Francesca ManfrediInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-d35b90e9-b38b-4533-9d3d-62d7a0459b0a.epub2025-04-25T00:00:00+00:00W. W. Norton & Company