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to Big Stone Gap
By Adriana Trigiani
Welcome back to the Blue Ridge Mountain
town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia and its heroine,
Ave Maria MacChesney in Adriana Trigiani's fourth
novel in the series. Life is changing for Ave Maria:
her daughter has married an Italian and lives in
Italy and her husband, Jack is seriously ill. These
woes, along with directing the town play and a
rift with a close friend, take Ave on an emotional
rollercoaster ride. As always Trigiani has populated
her novel with the memorable characters and magic
of small-town life fans have come to expect of
this series, launched over six years ago.
[$25.95; hardcover; 320 pages; Random House]
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The
Humble and the Heroic: Wartime Italian Americans
By Salvatore J. LaGumina
Italian Americans have a stellar World
War II record: 13 Medal of Honor recipients as
well as the heroic Don Gentile, "the highest scoring
fighter pilot in American history." Now historian
and author, Salvatore J. LaGumina examines the
war's impact on Italian Americans on the battlefield,
at home and especially on those first-generation
Americans when the country of their birth declared
war on the country of their choice. With this book,
we learn how ordinary people did the extraordinary
while enduring history's most devastating war. [$29.95;
paperback; 356 pages; Cambria Press]
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Our
Roots are Deep with Passion: Essays by
Italian American Writers
Edited
by Lee Gutkind & Joanna Clapps Herman
With a foreword by actor Joe Mantegna,
this essay collection showcases 21 authors of Italian
heritage writing on subjects ranging from food
and wine to religion, immigration and language.
Louise DeSalvo recalls that her grandfather always
drank wine instead of water because in his native
Puglia, water was often home to malaria-carrying
mosquitoes. Laura Valeri tackles the mystical side
of life with an account of a childhood séance
in Sardinia that goes eerily awry, and Stephanie
Susnjara charts the history of garlic in society
and in her own kitchen.[$15.95; paperback;
288 pages; Other Press]
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ALSO WORTH READING:
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Blue
Guide: Sicily
By Ellen Grady
This comprehensive overview of Sicily covers everything from
what to see and where to eat to how to appreciate museum artworks. What
makes this guide book stand apart from the rest? It includes a short
history of each city and town on this island that has been invaded by
the Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Normans, who all left their mark on it.
Each of Sicily's nine provinces has a chapter listing where to stay,
local transportation and the best restaurants for local cuisine along
with color photographs, maps and diagrams. [$26.95; paperback; 512
pages; W.W. Norton]
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Franca's
Story: Survival in WWII Italy
By Diane Kinman
Biographer Diane Kinman tells the true story of her neighbor,
Franca Mercati‚s experiences as a fourteen year old girl in war-torn
northern Italy from 1937 to 1945. Whether she is rescuing a downed British
pilot, visiting the Pope's quarters or risking her life to feed her starving
family, Franca shows a streak of courage throughout her ordeal. This
award-winning book is available at a $4.00 discount and free shipping
if ordered through the website: www.wimerpublishing.com [$26.95;
hardcover; 204 pages; Wimer Publishing Company]
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