Not so long ago, women were practically invisible in Mafia-dominated Sicily. When seen at all, they were dressed in black, faces drawn in sorrow, perpetually mourning the latest victim in a ...
"Behind Closed Doors: Her Father's House and Other Stories of Sicily" by Maria Messina; Feminist Press ($19.95) We lose things all the time -- keys, glasses, pens. Some of them seem unimportant (pens) ...