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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
I love you like a tomato I love you like a tomato Marie Giordano Resorting to elaborate physical challenges to get God's attention, ChiChi Maggiordino learns from her grandmother how to use the application of the Evil Eye to perform miracles but finds her life pro… OL15837181W
Revere Beach elegy Revere Beach elegy Roland Merullo "In Revere Beach Elegy, Roland Merullo returns to his childhood heaven of Revere, Massachusetts, to begin an intricate, impressionistic portrait of his rich and complex life. The tough codes of Rever… OL1884207W
The Supreme Macaroni Company The Supreme Macaroni Company Adriana Trigiani When a secret about her business partner and lover is revealed during her family's celebration of The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Valentine Roncalli must make life-altering choices as she fights for e… OL19970866W
An Italian wife An Italian wife Ann Hood An Italian immigrant watches her six children grow up while she searches for her seventh, the product of a love affair who was given up for adoption. OL19982571W
The Santangelos The Santangelos Jackie Collins "Legendary mega-seller Jackie Collins chronicles passion and power in one of America's most glamorous families. A vicious hit. A vengeful enemy. A drug addled Colombian club owner. A sex crazed Itali… OL20001664W
The supreme macaroni company The supreme macaroni company Adriana Trigiani Food, family, and a sweeping love story, set against the backdrop of Italy and New york, this is Adriana Trigiani at her very best. Taking stories handed down through her family for generations, Adri… OL24175201W
Celia's gift Celia's gift Ann Weil Celia gets a telescope for her birthday. After her class visits the planetarium, Celia is fascinated with the night sky. OL26193608W
No place like home No place like home Barbara Samuel Returning to her hometown after being away for twenty-one years, Jewel Sabatino must face her unforgiving father whom she betrayed years ago, learn to let her son become a man, and open her heart to … OL26196165W
Italian Americans Italian Americans Ben Morreale This lavish history of Italian Americans in America provides a powerful focus on the immigrant experience with is packed with black and white photos capturing all facets of Italian American heritage … OL3009253W
Very Valentine Very Valentine Adriana Trigiani Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Ita… OL478975W
The queen of the big time The queen of the big time Adriana Trigiani Known and loved around the world for her sweeping Big Stone Gap trilogy and the instant New York Times bestseller Lucia, Lucia, Adriana Trigiani returns to the charm and drama of small-town life with… OL478980W
Recollections of my life as a woman Recollections of my life as a woman Diane di Prima ""My earliest sense of what it means to be a woman was learned from my grandmother, Antoinette Mallozzi, and at her knee.... She smelled of lemons and olive oil, garlic and waxes and mysterious herbs… OL568703W
No place like home No place like home Barbara Samuel Sometimes a wrong turn is the only way home. . . . No Place Like Home tells the unforgettable story of a family bound together by tradition--and the emotional journey of an estranged daughter risking… OL5736678W
Paradise Salvage Paradise Salvage John Fusco "Each new wreck towed into Paradise Salvage - where the ferocious crusher presides with its power to reduce luxury automobiles into coffin-shaped heaps of twisted metal -is a desultory gift from Fort… OL6214813W
Household saints Household saints Francine Prose Tells the story of the Santangelos, a family in New York's Little Italy. OL92821W