Lizbeth's Father's Battlefield 1961.

Lizbeth's father

has to deal

with his wife's mental instability

and his thirteen year old

daughter's rebellion.

He wants calm and balance

and a smooth ride

through his day to day,

but it seldom is.

His daughter he calls his

 ragazza focosa, Italian,

but his wife retains,

depending on her mood,

his dear, and avoids

any Italian expressions,

unlike his daughter

who says to her mother:

Mucca miserabile,

which he has to interprets

as kind mother

(and not miserable cow)

to keep the peace and calm

as much as he can.

Even his time in Italy in WW2

was tame compared to this

with one female's bite

and the other one's hiss.