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'Growing up in Brisbane in the 1970s and 80s, Zoë Boccabella knew if you wanted to fit in, you did not bottle tomatoes, have plastic on the hallway carpet or a glory box of Italian linens. Though she tried to be like "everyone else", refusing to learn Italian and even dyeing her dark hair blonde, Zoë couldn′t shake the unsettling sense of feeling "half-and-half" - half Australian, mezza italiana - unable to fit fully into either culture, or merge the two.
'Years later, she travels to her family′s ancestral village of Fossa in Abruzzo and discovers a place that is the stuff of fairytales - medieval castles, mystics, dark forests, serpent charmers and witches. As Zoë stays in the house that has belonged to her family for centuries, the village casts its spell. She begins to realise the preciousness of her heritage and the stories, recipes and traditions of her extended Italian family become a treasured part of her life. Then the earthquake hits...' (From the publisher's website.)
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Autoethnography
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bilingual Cockatoo : Writing Italian Australian Lives 2014; (p. 150-164) -
All the Flavor of Home
2011-2012
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , 11 December - 12 January no. 214 2011-2012; (p. 10-11) -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of Mezza Italiana : An Enchanting Story about Love, Family, la Dolce Vita and Finding Your Place in the World 2001 single work autobiography
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of Mezza Italiana : An Enchanting Story about Love, Family, la Dolce Vita and Finding Your Place in the World 2001 single work autobiography -
All the Flavor of Home
2011-2012
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , 11 December - 12 January no. 214 2011-2012; (p. 10-11) -
Autoethnography
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bilingual Cockatoo : Writing Italian Australian Lives 2014; (p. 150-164)
- Queensland,
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Abruzzi,
cItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,