These Precious Days is joyful time spent in the company of one of our greatest living authors
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An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally best-selling
Siracusa by Delia Ephron Young Adult These Precious Days is joyfulNew Yorkers Michael, a famous writer, and Lizzie, a journalist, travel to Siracusa in Italy with their friends from Maine Finn, his wife Taylor and their daughter Snow. 'From the beginning', says Taylor, 'it was a conspiracy for Lizzie and Finn to be together.' As lies and infidelities past and present threaten to surface, Snow, only ten years old and hovering dangerously on the precipice of a more adult drama, becomes the catalyst for catastrophe.