Eighth #WITmonth book: Accabadora (2009) by Michela Murgia, translated from Italian by Silvester Mazzarella, published in 2011 by Maclehose Press. Winner of six literary prizes and the best book I have read in a very long time.

In a Sardinian village, at the age of six, Maria becomes the soul-child of the unmarried widow Bonaria Urrai, a seamstress with a secret. Their relationship had echoes of the grandmother/daughter in The Summer Book.