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Sons
of Italy Releases Winter 2006
Book Club Selections
Press
Contact: Kylie Cafiero, (202) 547-2900 kcafiero@osia.org
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - January 3, 2006 Start the New Year off by diving into one of the Sons of Italy Winter 2006 Book Club selections. The list includes books for readers of all ages with a children's book selection, The
King of Mulberry Street. Check out the Sons of Italy Book Club for Winter 2006.
• I
Love You Like a Tomato by Marie Giordano. It's
1950 and ChiChi Maggiordino lives in Minneapolis
with her fatherless family. Her grandmother teaches
her how to use the Evil Eye, which ChiChi plans
to use to help her family. When her grandmother
passes away, ChiChi searches for her own happiness
and meets two Italian circus performers, who introduce
her to commedia dell'arte, Italy's famed improvised
theater. Through them she learns the secret to
happiness. [$6.99; paperback; 400 pages; Forge
Books]
• Italy, A Love Story: Women Write
about the Italian Experience edited by Camille Cusumano.
This collection of 28 essays explores various women's
encounters with all that Italy has to offer. More
than travel articles, they delve deep into the
history and culture of a land that is both complicated
by and adored for its rich traditions. Among the
authors are Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Frances
Mayes and Mary Simetti Taylor. [$15.95; paperback;
342 pages; Seal Press]
•
Mother Angelica: The Remarkable
Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles by Raymond Arroyo. In 1981, with only $200, Mother
Angelica launched the Eternal World Television (EWT)
network, the first Catholic cable network. Today
it is the world's largest religious media empire,
reaching over a hundred million viewers all over
the world with religious and cultural programs. Author
and EWT News anchor, Raymond Arroyo traces her life, based on exclusive interviews
with Mother Angelica. [$23.95; hardcover; 400 pages; Doubleday]
ALSO
WORTH READING…
• The
King of Mulberry Street
By
Donna Jo Napoli
New York
City in 1892 was no place
for a child with no family,
but that was the fate of
nine-year old Dom, whose
mother sent him across
the Atlantic from Naples
so he could have a better
life. A Junior Library
Guild Selection aimed at
children ages 7-12, The
King of Mulberry Street follows a young immigrant
as he fights to overcome
the odds and live the American
dream. [$15.95; hardcover;
245 pages; Wendy Lamb Books]
• Giovanna's
86 Circles
By Paola Corso
These ten short
stories are set in working-class
river towns near Pittsburgh
and have as their main characters Italian American women and girls.
All begin ordinary stories
that take an unpredictable
twist, making every one
truly original. A high
school girl discovers she
can see the future while
in the title story, a developer
finds his wrecking ball
is no match for Giovanna's
green thumb. [$21.95; hardcover;
144 pages; University of
Wisconsin Press]
•
Salone
Italiano
By Kay Niemann
Historical detail
and rich drama are found in the
story of the Sartore family, who
immigrated to Colorado at the turn
of the last century. Based almost
entirely on about 150 letters written by family members to their relatives
in Piedmont, the author follows the family from their arrival in 1903 to 1940.
Includes historic photographs of these Colorado pioneers. [$16.95; paperback;
264 pages; Western Reflections Publishing Company]
The
Sons of Italy National
Book Club is dedicated
to the works of writers
who focus on Italian
American issues, themes,
experiences and Italian culture.
OSIA chooses three to four
fiction and non-fiction books
each quarter for a total
of 12 to 16 titles a year.
OSIA
encourages its 700+ lodges
as well as other Italian
American organizations, clubs
and individuals to choose
one or more of the books
each quarter to read and
donate copies to their local
schools or public libraries.
Most
book club selections can be bought
on the OSIA Web site (www.osia.org).
Order
all your books, magazines, etc.
through OSIA and Amazon.com.
Just go to www.osia.org, click
on "Sons of Italy Book Club"
and choose either a Book Club
selection or another book or
product. Most orders are shipped
within 24 hours.
As a special bonus, Amazon.com
will donate a percentage of all
sales ordered on our site to
OSIA.
OSIA is the largest and
oldest national organization
in the U.S. for men and women
of Italian heritage in the United
States. It has more than 600,000
members and supporters and a
network of more than 700 chapters
coast to coast. OSIA works at
the community, national and international
levels to promote the heritage
and culture of an estimated 26
million Italian Americans, the
nation's
fifth largest ethnic group, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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