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Past
Book Club Selections
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SPRING
2004 SELECTIONS:
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Una
Storia Segreta Edited
by Lawrence DiStasi.
An
authoritative
review that
documents
the restrictions,
searches
and other
civil rights
violations
that occurred
during World
War II to
people in
the U.S.
because they
had Italian
last names
and were
not citizens. [$21.95;
soft cover;
327 pages;
Heyday Books]
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A
Kiss from Maddalena by
Christopher Castellani.
A
haunting novel
about family
duty and love
that survive
even in the
worst of times.
Inspired by
the author’s
own family’s
experience,
the book captures
life in a small,
war-torn Italian
village whose
people held
strong to their
values. [$23.95;
hardcover;
338 pages;
Algonquin Books]
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Clay
Creatures by
Mark Ciabattari.
This slim volume gives the reader "two for
the price of one"—two intriguing short
stories set in Sicily whose characters face an
absurd dilemma: The Jar (La Giara )
by the Nobel-prize winning author Luigi Pirandello
(1867-1936) and The Urn by acclaimed
contemporary writer Mark Ciabattari. [$10.00;
soft cover; 94 pages; Canio’s Books]
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