Journey to the South
Annie Hawes Audio Book

All Annie Hawes knows of distant Calabria, way down in the toe of the boot of Italy and a thousand miles to the south of her hillside home in Liguria, is that it’s a wild, unruly place, poverty-stricken and Mafia-ridden. Or so her neighbours would have her believe.

But, on the other hand, ever since she got together with Ciccio de Gilio, his Calabrian family have spoken of their homeland as an earthly paradise, of wild nights dancing, of almond milk sold fresh from roadside stalls, of honey cakes and amaro made from wild liquorice roots.

Now, at last, Annie and Ciccio are travelling down to see the ancestral home and extended family for themselves, along with a bunch of vocal and lively de Gilios who don’t want to miss out on the fun.