This is an historical novel set in Northern Italy at the turn of the 20th century. Zaira is a young, determined girl, seeking a new life away from her restricting peasant farming background.
An historical novel, set in Northern Italy at the turn of the last century, relates the adventures of an intelligent and vivacious peasant girl, Zaira, whose lust for life and keen desire for self-improvement launch her on a journey into the twentieth-century.
