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The Road to San Donato
- Fathers, Sons, and Cycling across Italy
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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The Road to San Donato is an adventurous and nostalgic bicycling memoir of an American father and son tracing their Italian heritage. Riding rental bikes and carrying a bare minimum of supplies, Rob Cocuzzo and his 64-year-old father, Stephen, embark on a 425-mile ride from Florence to San Donato Val di Comino, an ancient village in the mountains outside of Rome from which the Cocuzzo family emigrated a hundred years earlier.
Prompted by Rob's ailing grandfather, who regrets having never visited his home village, the two cyclists pledge to make the trip in the old man's honor. Despite an expired passport, getting lost, some near misses, and other misadventures, the father and son finally reach the quirky village of San Donato. For Italian Jews in the 1940s, the road to San Donato was one of exile, and many of the people in the village banded together to protect nearly a hundred Jews. While meeting his many new cousins, Rob attempts to unlock this history and glean what role his family played at the time - resistors or collaborators? The Road to San Donato is a generational story that many Americans share and a travel adventure not to be missed.
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- Ryan Butland
- 04-03-22
a lovely insight
I enjoyed this. it surprised me. Learning of the relationship between father and son was lovely.
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- Liam Leask
- 10-09-23
A beautifully told story of family and adventure.
Loved it. Charming, honest, heartfelt and funny. Made me think about adventures with my own father.
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- Sdfr
- 03-12-20
What a great book.
This is a fantastic story full of wisdom & wistful takes on life.
The family dynamic was beautifully captured & presented.
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- Celia
- 03-12-22
Great book, monochrome reader.
it's hard to hear the very good lively writing behind the dreary monochrome reading,
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- Jimmy
- 22-10-23
Recommend
Great book , highly recommend, not just for cyclists but for anyone, I listened to this twice
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- Susan Volker
- 06-01-23
A Thoroughly Enjoyable Book
A great listen filled with illuminating descriptions of Spanish culture, society, agriculture, architecture, history, and culinary delights.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-10-23
Great story of relation between father and son.
If you are a father or son and the relation to your family is important to you it's a must read.
It's not a book dedicated for cyclist, cycling here is just a baseline story but the foundation is much different. Just give it a try!
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- Inca
- 06-03-24
Okay
This book was okay. Some interesting parts and insight into generational differences and similarities. The narration was not good. Strange intonation and many words were emphasized incorrectly in a sentence. In fact, it felt like it was being read by an AI. This really ruined the experience for me.
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- E. Hughes
- 31-03-23
Dull and lacklustre
I found this a rather dreary tale as far as the journey was concerned. Bit i did enjoy the history and the stories of the people that the author encountered on the way and at the end of their journey. I chose this as I also have ancestors who came from Italy but i did not feel as inspired as I had hoped.
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