Missives from a Metropolis

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Italy, Motherhood & Expat Life

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About Sheila Pierce

An American journalist in Rome, fumbling through the foreign service and motherhood, as an adopted Italian. Writing a memoir currently titled "Life al dente: Diary of an American married to an Italian diplomat."

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