Umbrian War

In Umbria there is a house in which live Alcina and Aliseo, sister and brother. She is older, wiser, apparently stronger; he is younger, his head in the clouds. It is the last two years of war. The Germans are on the run, the local fascists engaged in a final desperate spree of cruelty and arrogance. Joining the partisans in the mountains Alcina gradually learns to overcome her fears. She will learn that there is space enough in her heart for all those things she previously denied, amongst them perhaps even love.Petri, Romana is the author of 'Umbrian War', published 2000 under ISBN 9781902881140 and ISBN 1902881141.