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Imagine the island of Castellamare, off the coast of Sicily but a whole different world. There Amedeo Esposito, a foundling turned doctor from Florence comes to live on the island as the tiny island's first doctor at the turn of the 20th century. Imagine a world that is typically insulated from the rest of the world but where the world comes during the war years. Here gossip spreads quickly and reputation is everything. Amedeo marries Pina of the island and comes to find that the island becomes
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