Sometimes I Dream in Italian - Hardcover

Ciresi, Rita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385334931 ISBN 13: 9780385334938

Verlag: Dell Pub Co, 2000

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Book by Ciresi Rita

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As children, Angel and Lina Lupo want nothing more than to escape their Italian-American Catholic upbringing for a "normal" American childhood, but as they deal with the challenges of adult relationships, romances, and the future, they rediscover the value of family bonds and love. By the author of Pink Slip. 35,000 first printing.

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imed novels Blue Italian and Pink Slip,Rita Ciresi dazzled both readers and critics with her graceful storytelling and wise, witty insight into the lives of women. Now Ciresi goes home: in a resonant, lovingly written story of two sisters, one family, and the memories of childhood that slip away--only to hold us forever.

The plastic Pietà on top of the TV. The condiment dish shaped like a Venetian gondola. The crucifix studded with seashells... Years later, Angel and Lina Lupo would debate: What really was the most hideous thing in their parents' cramped and quintessentially Catholic house? And why couldn't they just forget about being Italian and have a "normal" American childhood? As the sisters argue, memories of their shared past come flooding back: a flirtation with the butcher's cousin, a mysterious photograph of a beautiful woman they once found in their father's drawer, a church-sponsored trip to the Statue of Liberty that detoured into the

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• Verlag: Dell Pub Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0385334931
• ISBN 13: 9780385334938
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 209