Ann S. Epstein writes novels, short stories, memoir, essays, and poems. Please use the links or site menu to go to the HOME PAGE; learn about her NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, MEMOIR, ESSAYS, and POEMS; find interesting facts in BEHIND THE STORY; read REFLECTIONS on writing; check NEWS for updates on publications and related events; see REVIEWS; learn about her END-OF-LIFE DOULA credentials and services; and CONTACT US to send webmail.
In some ways, life in the village of Loro Piceno, on the east coast of central Italy, hasn’t changed in over 100 years. You get samples of homemade Vino Cotto (literally cooked wine), wherever you go. Butchers still make ciauscolo, the Italian salami typical of Marche. Musicians serenade guests with instruments made of sticks and bones. Read more about this idyllic Italian village a century ago in Tazia and Gemma (see NOVELS).
