An Italian wife / Ann Hood.
In turn-of-the-century Italy, fourteen-year-old Josephine, sheltered and naìˆve, is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America, where she later joins him. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret, and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life searching for her lost child, keeping her secret even as her other children go off to war, get married, and make their own mistakes.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393241662
- ISBN: 0393241661
- Physical Description: 286 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
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General Note: | Includes a reading group guide. |
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Subject: | Italian Americans > Fiction. Italian American families > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Immigrants > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.
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Abington Community Library | FICTION HOOD (Text) | 50687011313460 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
Albright Memorial Library | FICTION HOOD (Text) | 50686014761188 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
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