An Owl in the Kitchen

About the Book

Rafaella Cruciani presents her first nonfiction work, telling the story of the search for her Italian family roots. A compulsive habit of keeping a notebook and diary made her journey easy to begin, but the facts were as elusive as her ancestors, and after ten years of searching, the story that emerges makes her wish she had begun the process so much earlier. Her forebears were people of substance, strength of character, and dogged determination with a common thread of needing to belong. Rafaella adds her own story to those of her ancestors, perpetuating the seemingly genetic desire to fit in.

About the Author

Rafaella Cruciani began writing at school and through university then laid down her pen to pursue more traditional life pursuits; it was only recently that she found the need to write had returned. She writes in many expressive styles but finds that nonfiction is most rewarding, and her first book, An Owl in the Kitchen, is firmly footed in this genre.