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It's assembled 50 lessons during the pandemic that Italy survived after a brutal entrance

into it because it was the first city to my knowledge reporting from New York that was

very hard hit and not and lacked the resources. Of course, there was no vaccine, but even

the protocols had to be invented because it was so new. Here we are more than two years

into the third year and the recovery is underway. However, the book is more than just the

plunge into the depths and then the climb out of the depths. It is also about what it means

to be Italian. I always envy this because, of course, Beppy forgives me for being Calvinist

and a New Englander and a very dry observer of nature. Of course, I come from a North

temperate zone, not the beauty of it, Italian sunshine. There are five Fs to follow. This

is English Fs, English words Fs. And we're going to go through them because they teach

very quickly what it is to be Italian. The first is family and fused. We'll do them together.

How do they go together, Beppy?

First of all, let's say that describing Italy is okay. I'm going to describe Italy

using F words. People are going to be confused, but don't worry. There are different F words.

You mentioned too. Family and fused. Of course, it's very important. There have been books

and movies written about them. But it is true that the Bar Italian family is being, if you

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