“Adele and her husband Umberto were avid skiers. She did not stop even when Umberto fell into a crevasse and died in 1959. She continued skiing until the end of her days and, when rheumatoid arthritis prevented her from gripping the poles in her hands, she began to go without. (…)” (p. 81).
In the photograph, Adele is in the centre and Luisa on the right.
Insights from the book: "Le ossa dei Caprotti"
From Garibaldi to the CIA and Esselunga, a meticulously documented saga of the family that reshaped Italian habits forever.
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