Half Roman

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Italy explained but never simplified by a New Yorker and journalist who has spent half her lifetime in Rome.

About Frances D'Emilio

Takeaways and tales from a longtime expatโ€™s life in Rome. Along with insights gleaned by a New Yorker in her years as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press.

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