Download or read book I Remember Nonna written by August R. Carnevali and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Remember Nonna is a collection of several Vignettes of my childhood experiences with Nonna during my pre-teen years, when my sister and I went to live in the small hamlet in Pennsylvania called Old Boston in the fall of 1941. Moving from a small town to a farm environment made every aspect of our daily life, from that point, a learning encounter. The most trying part was the very beginning when we had neither understanding of Italian nor any clue at all what to expect in Old Boston. It was those stark beginnings with Nonna that have made such an impact on my thinking later in my life. For the first several months, almost every moment with Nonna was a learning experience. It was years later when I began to look back and saw the comical side in each of these incidents. When I related these events to other members of the family, they found them very funny and thought them so typical of Nonna. I knew then that these were moments that had to be remembered and passed on by the family.

Download or read book The Girls written by Lori Lansens and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Lori Lansens’ astonishing second novel, readers come to know and love two of the most remarkable characters in Canadian fiction. Rose and Ruby are twenty-nine-year-old conjoined twins. Born during a tornado to a shocked teenaged mother in the hospital at Leaford, Ontario, they are raised by the nurse who helped usher them into the world. Aunt Lovey and her husband, Uncle Stash, are middle-aged and with no children of their own. They relocate from the town to the drafty old farmhouse in the country that has been in Lovey’s family for generations. Joined to Ruby at the head, Rose’s face is pulled to one side, but she has full use of her limbs. Ruby has a beautiful face, but her body is tiny and she is unable to walk. She rests her legs on her sister’s hip, rather like a small child or a doll. In spite of their situation, the girls lead surprisingly separate lives. Rose is bookish and a baseball fan. Ruby is fond of trash TV and has a passion for local history. Rose has always wanted to be a writer, and as the novel opens, she begins to pen her autobiography. Here is how she begins: I have never looked into my sister’s eyes. I have never bathed alone. I have never stood in the grass at night and raised my arms to a beguiling moon. I’ve never used an airplane bathroom. Or worn a hat. Or been kissed like that. I’ve never driven a car. Or slept through the night. Never a private talk. Or solo walk. I’ve never climbed a tree. Or faded into a crowd. So many things I’ve never done, but oh, how I’ve been loved. And, if such things were to be, I’d live a thousand lives as me, to be loved so exponentially. Ruby, with her marvellous characteristic logic, points out that Rose’s autobiography will have to be Ruby’s as well — and how can she trust Rose to represent her story accurately? Soon, Ruby decides to chime in with chapters of her own. The novel begins with Rose, but eventually moves to Ruby’s point of view and then switches back and forth. Because the girls face in slightly different directions, neither can see what the other is writing, and they don’t tell each other either. The reader is treated to sometimes overlapping stories told in two wonderfully distinct styles. Rose is given to introspection and secrecy. Ruby’s style is "tell-all" — frank and decidedly sweet. We learn of their early years as the town "freaks" and of Lovey’s and Stash’s determination to give them as normal an upbringing as possible. But when we meet them, both Lovey and Stash are dead, the girls have moved back into town, and they’ve received some ominous news. They are on the verge of becoming the oldest surviving craniopagus (joined at the head) twins in history, but the question of whether they’ll live to celebrate their thirtieth birthday is suddenly impossible to answer. In Rose and Ruby, Lori Lansens has created two precious characters, each distinct and loveable in their very different ways, and has given them a world in Leaford that rings absolutely true. The girls are unforgettable. The Girls is nothing short of a tour de force.

Download or read book Nonna s House written by Jody Scaravella and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Featuring the nonnas' classic recipes."

Download or read book The First 41 written by Melody Aka Dumplin' and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for anyone who has been through any kind of tragedy in your life and are continually victimizing yourself because of that tragedy. My desire is for you to read my book and understand that if I could have gone through everything I've been through in my life and still remain sane, so can you. I am a survivor and I want you to realize that you are too. Writing this book was very therapeutic for me; it was a way for me to release it. I hope reading it becomes very therapeutic for you as well. There is a bit of comedy and sarcasm in it that will make you laugh. However, I do use some adult language, so if you have a teenager whose perhaps been raped that you want to read it, please be sure you supervise them. I am who I am and don't pretend to be anyone else. Enjoy!

Download or read book Slices of Life Italian American Stories written by Joanna M. Leone and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-05-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains collective memoirs about family traditions, memories, travel stories and special Italian American memories. It is a keepsake for future generations. Also, the book shows the ways in which we remain connected to our Italian traditions and memories.

Download or read book Searching for Home written by Alice Frick Hagaman and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inna Wolkovich Gardner Nichols' story is not a recount of the horrors of war - for those stories have already been written. Her story is a true personal recollection based on her memories as a young orphan girl caught up in the ravages and consequences of World War II as so many thousands endured. Her saga continues as she recounts the enormous challenges she faced as a Non-English speaking immigrant living in the United States. What is written by the author is primarily based on Inna's personal accounts. At this point in her life of eighty plus years, the events described in this story stand out very clearly in her mind. Inna's inspiring story is a testimony that the human spirit has the capacity to survive and receive God's grace, no matter what the difficulties and struggles in life might be.

Download or read book Calabrian CookBook My Nonna s recipes written by Angelo Spadaro and published by Angelo Spadaro. This book was released on 2022-09-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover Old School Calabrian recipes that you have never seen before. This cook book is full of unique and traditional cuisine only found in the south of Italy. From fennel soup, to Baccala alla Verbicarese; from ways to conserve foods, to the sweet Turtiddi. Come explore Calabria's food and history on your plate while being transported into the past. Only some of your grandparents may remember a few of these gems, so keep the traditions and food alive with us!. Mangiamo Bene!!

Download or read book A Gun and Cherries in the Bucket of Blood written by Greg Casadei and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian immigrants of the early 20th century experienced an inevitable, and often emotionally painful, cultural transformation after arriving in America. Worlds turned upside down. Lives changed forever. Greg Casadei captures what that process was like in this touching tale about his family's "Americanization." He also provides insights and lessons that his experiences provided along the way. The Americanization of Greg's family began with his grandparents in Sassofeltrio, Italy in the early 1900s. It ended with the January 2010 passing of his father in Tucson, Arizona. In between lies a rich story of fear and faith, hardships and overcoming, respect and toughness, risk taking and rewards, family and friends, love and togetherness, separation and crumbled foundations, death and despair, and the gradual unraveling of a once tight-knit family. Through historical facts, anecdotes and humor, Greg provides a vivid picture of what it was like growing up in an Italian family in America. You'll laugh, cry and want more as Greg recounts stories about colorful family members and their lives in Sassofeltrio, Oakwood, Michigan, and Tucson, Arizona. After turning the last page, you'll understand why the Americanization of Greg's family was so painful, but why he wouldn't have traded the experience for anything.

Download or read book Death in Nonna s Kitchen written by Alex Coombs and published by Bedford Square Publishers. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When famous TV chef Matteo McLeish turns up at the Old Forge Café and offers chef Charlie Hunter a place in his kitchen for the duration of Hampden Green's local opera festival, she thinks it's because he rates her cooking skills. In fact it's because he's heard she's good in a crisis. The wholesome star of Nonna's Kitchen is being blackmailed by one of his team. Tempted by an improbably large pay cheque and the boost to to her CV, Charlie accepts his offer. Does the threat lie close to home, or back in Italy with Matteo's culinary roots? And can Charlie find the blackmailer before she's swept up in an avalanche of death and scandal?

Download or read book Constant Tides written by Peter Crawley and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A three-part novel based on historical events, Constant Tides follows the loves of three courageous women through the spring, summer and autumn of their lives in the Strait of Messina, Sicily.

Download or read book Which Way to Nonna s House written by Joseph Nicolello and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a visit to his beloved Nonna's apartment in the Bronx Little Italy, Giuseppe sneaks out to explore the ongoing festival and all its sights and sounds. Giuseppe's father has an important job interview during the day which shall set the course of the future for the family, who is navigating the threshold of bankruptcy. It is Giuseppe's intention to return quickly, before Nonna awakens from her nap; but the boy quickly realizes he does not know the vicinity as well as he had thought. This takes him on a journey throughout Little Italy, guided by a wide cast of characters into various restaurants, shops, and eventually a church. Here he meets Father Moritz, SJ, who guides him home to safe passage. Meanwhile across the street, at Rodham University, academic politics reign, thus setting up a dichotomy of innocence and wonder beside pathology and ideology. Following up on the success of A Child's Christmas in Williamsburg, Which Way to Nonna's House? is a snapshot of Italian-American life, faith, and culture in the Bronx Little Italy which confronts the blights and evils of our time in order to have the wisdom of life in the spirit prevail.

Download or read book I Love You Like a Tomato written by Marie Giordano and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-04-19 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donated.

Download or read book Stages written by Mary Melfi and published by Guernica Editions. This book was released on 1998 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Melfi's work appears unclassifiable. There are surrealist fireworks, gnostic philosophising, black and white humour, an absurdist appreciation of the process of existence. Hers is not one voice, but rather a number of voices organised in a modern fugue: a counterpoint to its own cantus firmus. "Swordfishes, swordsmen too, are equipped / to get along in life / but I'm equipped to be a dancer on the stars. / Your love is my equipment." (Sword Dances).

Download or read book Summer on Moonlight Bay written by Hope Ramsay and published by Forever. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Hope Ramsay comes a small-town romance filled with love, laughter, and friendship! Only one thing can make veterinarian Noah Cuthbert return to Magnolia Harbor - his mother's failing health. He'll do anything to help his family, including taking a short-term gig at the local animal clinic. What he doesn't count on is getting up-close-and-personal with the clinic's new manager, a woman whose love and compassion for every stray that crosses her path has him rethinking his plans to head back to his big-city life... After her time in the Navy, Lia wants nothing more than to settle down. The quaint seaside town is exactly what she'd been hoping for, and not just because her new boss is movie-star handsome. As they grow closer, Lia starts wondering if Noah could be the one. But when a town crisis forces Noah to take a stand that jeopardizes their new-found happiness, can Lia convince him that home doesn't have to be a four-letter word? Includes the bonus novel Then There Was You by Miranda Liasson!

Download or read book An Epicurean Odyssey More Sommelier Stories written by Robert Giorgione and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Epicurean Odyssey: More Sommelier Stories is award-winning sommelier Robert Giorgione's fifth book. It is a personalised journey in food and drink embellished with many mouth-watering anecdotes and delicious recipes and bespoke pairings.

Download or read book An Epicurean Odyssey A Road Trip Around The Iberian Peninsula written by Robert Giorgione and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Giorgione has been a highly-respected, award-winning sommelier since 1997, having worked in some of the most high profile restaurants in the UK. He has travelled extensively around Spain and Portugal many times and has visited many of the region's vineyards, restaurants, markets and bodegas. Robert is passionate about Iberian food and drink, which includes its own regional produce and cultural diversity. An Epicurean Odyssey: A Road Trip Around The Iberian Peninsula is a personalised journey through food and drink embellished with many mouth-watering stories, recipes and drinks pairings.

Download or read book Putting Makeup on Dead People written by Jen Violi and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since her father's death four years ago, Donna has gone through the motions of living: her friendships are empty, she's clueless about what to do after high school graduation, and her grief keeps her isolated, cut off even from the one parent she has left. That is until she's standing in front of the dead body of a classmate at Brighton Brothers' Funeral Home. At that moment, Donna realizes what might just give her life purpose is comforting others in death.