Trezza Azzopardi
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The Hiding Place: A Novel
Trezza Azzopardi
This exceptional debut novel about family, love, and the innocence and terror of childhood has caused an absolute sensation, garnering no less than eleven leading publishers around the world. Set in a Maltese immigrant community in Cardiff, Wales, and peopled with sharp-edged, luminously drawn characters, The Hiding Place is the story of Frankie Gauci, his wife Mary, and their six daughters and about Frankie’s betrayal, gambling away his family’s livelihood and eventually the family itself. Written in magical language buoyed by grace, it is a mesmerizing…
