ITALY: Love Story

Giuseppe's Problem

Giuseppe Scaffidi was a man of simple tastes. A stubby, barrel-chested farm worker, he lived happily with his wife Concetta and their four children in a shabby house in the Sicilian countryside near Messina. One day five years ago, when Giuseppe was 28, he met a young neighbor named Mariannina at a festival. Mariannina was very unhappy. Her husband was old and blind, and her family was forced to live on the husband's pension of $160 a month. "No problem," said Giuseppe generously. "Move in with us." So Mariannina, her husband and their three children settled in.

Three months later...

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