mahardy37 's review for:

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames

3.0

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Definitely have mixed feelings about this one. A well written saga of an Italian woman (Stella) and her very long life, filled with a lot of misery. I'm sure the author meant to portray a strong and resilient woman who survived a difficult life. But no, to me she told the story of a strong independent woman who was deliberately broken. Deliberately broken in a direct way by her awful filthy father. And indirectly by everyone who was complicit in her destruction. Even though I was drawn into the story, I was appalled and quite saddened. What a depressing life.