Counting Churches

This collection of thirteen stories brings Rosanne Dingli#xE2;#xAC;"s recollections of Malta vividly to life. Some are family anecdotes, some are folkloric, and others are figments of the author#xE2;#xAC;"s imagination. The reader#xE2;#xAC;"s task is to distinguish which is which. In all the stories, one can feel the atmosphere and enjoy the descriptions of place, time and people, whether they embellish a mystery, a journey, a lover#xE2;#xAC;"s dilemma or a family saga.Rosanne Dingli#xE2;#xAC;"s impressive stories bristle with drama, reflect quietly on memories, contemplate the power of nostalgia#xE2;#xAC;#xA6; Dr Dennis Haskell, Westerly