Veronica Di Grigoli’s Books

“A joy to read”
The Times of Sicily

Pure joy from cover to cover. I devoured it all in one day. If you don’t buy this book, you are missing out!”

Amazon UK

“A laugh out loud book about my favourite Mediterranean island. Warmly recommended to all travellers to that Sicily.

  • Sicilian Card Games: An easy-to-follow guide

    Sicilian Card Games: An easy-to-follow guide

    Sicily has its own unique deck of playing cards, and lots of games exclusive to the island.  Card games are an indispensable part of the festivities at Christmas, Easter and other family gatherings. This book gives very clear instructions for twelve Sicilian card games, with photographic illustrations.  It is the only book of Sicilian card…

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  • Sicilian Card Games – Colour edition

    Sicilian Card Games – Colour edition

    This colour edition contains 3 bonus games, giving step-by-step instructions for 15 Sicilian card games, with photographic illustrations. The book also includes an interesting explanation of the origins of Sicilian playing cards.

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  • The Dangerously Truthful Diary of a Sicilian Housewife – The book

    The Dangerously Truthful Diary of a Sicilian Housewife – The book

    When career-girl Veronica flies to Sicily for a friend’s wedding, she accidentally falls in love with one of the groom’s three-hundred cousins. A year later she has given up her job, house and friends, and is planning her own wedding with her Latin Lover in the shimmering heat of Sicily.

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  • Evil Eye: The Orphan of Istanbul

    Evil Eye: The Orphan of Istanbul

    Freshly graduated and orphaned at the same time, day-dreamy Celeste is hypnotised by the ethereal mosques and dazzling bazaars of Istanbul as an escape from all that hurts her. Yet running away from her problems only leads her into new ones.

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  • Friends with Secrets

    Friends with Secrets

    New York, 1993: Mistry thinks she has a safe job in a bank, but when she realises a client is using her to launder money, someone tries to kill her. How can she outwit a criminal who has already outwitted the police?

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  • How to Protect Yourself against the Evil Eye

    How to Protect Yourself against the Evil Eye

    This is an intriguing and entertaining book which explains where the Bible, the Koran and most religions warn of its dangers and offer defences against it, as well as revealing the more ancient secrets of amulets, purifying rituals and protective gestures still used across the world to this day. After reading this book, you will…

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  • The Godmother: The Sicilian Housewife Diaries Volume 1

    The Godmother: The Sicilian Housewife Diaries Volume 1

    This anthology of articles was originally published online in 2012 but is now only available in print from all Amazon websites worldwide, and as an e-book (Kindle and other formats). The author discusses, amongst other things, the Sicilian language, the role of women in Sicily and their portrayal in modern Italian media, the immigration crisis…

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  • Giochi di Carte Siciliani: Guida Facile ai Giochi Classici

    Giochi di Carte Siciliani: Guida Facile ai Giochi Classici

    L’edizione in lingua italiana del bestseller statunitense e britannico, questo è l’unico libro di giochi di carte siciliani in stampa a livello mondiale. Questo libro fornisce istruzioni molto chiare per dodici giochi di carte siciliani, con illustrazioni fotografiche.

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