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IHSI Book Club – June 2027 June 16th - Italian Neighbors by Tim ParkSummaryAn entertaining account of expatriate life in a small village just outside Verona, Italy. Via Colombare, the […]

IHSI Book Club – July 2027 July 21st - That Old Cape Magic by Richard RussoSummaryAn astute portrait of a 30-year marriage, in all its promise and pain…. His honest, […]

IHSI Book Club – August 2027 August 18th - Romola by George ElliotSummarySet in Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, it includes events during the Italian Renaissance, and several […]

IHSI Book Club – September 2027 September 15th - Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest HemingwaySummaryThe story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy […]

IHSI Book Club – October 2027 October 20th - The Manzoni Family by Natalia GinzburgSummaryAn epic biography set in ducal Italy and postrevolutionary France focuses on the Manzoni family, beginning […]

IHSI Book Club – November 2027 November 17th - Contempt by Alberto MoraviaSummaryContempt is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society. All […]

IHSI Book Club – December 2027 December 15th – The Sacco Gang by Andrea CamilleriSummaryA "wild west" tale of two brothers who battle both the state and a mafia empire […]