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The book "Family Chronicle" by Vasco Pratolini is set in Florence, Italy, and follows the life of the Martini family during the period between the two world wars.
First American edition. A cult classic about working-class life in post-war Nottingham. For Arthur Seaton, a worker in a bicycle factory, life is one long battle with authority. You don't have to give Arthur more than one chance to foreman.
The novel is melancholic, introspective, and poetic, with an emphasis on the heroine's inner world. The "clouds" here are both real and metaphorical - a place of escape, but also a symbol of the freedom that comes when you dare to change your life.