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Acknowledgements

Ros Belford: On Salina, thanks to Emma, Gaetano, Max, Ilana, Chiara, Alex, Corallina and Ondina Zangari; to Giulia Profeti for a summer retreat in Valdichiesa; to Franco the bus driver for being the “anima di Salina” and making every day start well; to Pela for extraordinary insights; to Annamaria and Nico for a magical night on the mountain; and to the Costa family for letting Paolo Noce exist. To Melo, Liviana, Silvana and Alessandra for letting me make Il Gambero my office the week the internet died; to Giorgia, Katerina, Elena and Cristiana for nine summers in the piazza; and to Pina for moral support, sunset chasing and making silicone jellyfish. Elsewhere in Sicily, thanks to Franco Masera for showing me the footpaths of Filicudi; to Michele Gallo for an amazing tour of Porto Empedocle; to Antonio Sarnari and the artists of Il Gruppo di Scicli for an unforgettable weekend; to the Missione Amici dei Santi Angeli for an extraordinary opportunity; and to Sarah Milthorpe, Hannah Milthorpe and Seby and Silvia at Blu in Ortigia for aperitivi, moral support and trips to the beach and Lidl. Most of all to Ismene, Juno and Giovanni.

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