In late March, the ancient slopes of Monte Tauro in Taormina were blanketed in a breathtaking sea of blooming white almond blossoms, wild lavender, and scarlet anemones. The warm Mediterranean breeze swept upward from the sapphire waters of the Ionian Sea, carrying the sweet, intoxicating perfume of citrus orchards into the private terrace gardens of Castello di Moretti. Seven months into her pregnancy, Dr. Lucia Bellini Moretti sat beneath the…
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