Accabadora - Michela Murgia an official of the Republic

an official of the Republic

the hospital

Translator: Jo Catling

lyrical eye and classical elegance of a revered Japanese writer

tells one last story

Accabadora - Michela Murgia an official of the RepublicWhen Maria, the fourth child of a widow, is adopted by the old and childless Bonaria Urrai, her life is instantly transformed she finally has the love and affection she craves. But her new 'soul mother' is keeping something hidden from her, a secret life that is intimately bound up with Sardinia's ancient traditions and customs. Midwife to the dying, easing their suffering and sometimes ending it, she is revered and feared in equal measure as the