Dominique Y. (NaughtyLittleMinx) reviewed on + 103 more book reviews
Annetta, 12, feels suffocated in her small village. She believes that wearing trousers will give her freedom, but is told that "only two kinds of people in Sicily wear trousers, stupid: men and puttane." Annetta chooses the only option open to her and practices flirting secretly with a young man. She is quickly spotted while passionately kissing, dragged off by her father, and labeled a slut. Plans are made to send her to a neighboring village to live with her aunt and uncle; this is a horribly brutal plan since her uncle is a known child molester (Annetta's parents consider the arrangement to be suitable punishment for her crime).
