The Sisters Materassi
The Sisters Materassi is a 1934 novel by the Italian writer Aldo Palazzeschi. It is set in Coverciano, a suburb of Florence, and is about how three locally respected sisters take care of an orphaned nephew who desires a more fashionable living.
The novel was the basis for the 1944 film The Materassi Sisters directed by Ferdinando [Maria Poggioli] and the 1972 TV serial directed by.