In Search of Elisa Marchetti: A Writer's Search for Her Italian Family
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Category: Book
| Title | In Search of Elisa Marchetti: A Writer's Search for Her Italian Family |
|---|---|
| Author | Tessa Duder |
| Year | 2002 |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| ISBN | 0143018442, 9780143018445 |
| Language | English |
| Online resource | no |
| Topic | Family, New Zealand, Italian Roots. |
This book is an account of Tessa Duder's search for her Italian roots. Her great-grandparents emigrated to New Zealand from Italy in 1876, their youngest daughter, Elisa, was Tessa's maternal grandmother. Elisa passed on to Tessa a deep love of Italian opera, art and language. Tessa Duder is one of New Zealand's leading teenage fiction writers.
