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Full of grace / by Frank, Dorothea Benton;
Subjects: Italian American women; Domestic fiction;
© c2006., William Morrow,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Supreme Macaroni Company : a novel / by Trigiani, Adriana,author.;
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 everything she wants while sustaining her family's business and enjoying life to the fullest.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Love stories.; Family-owned business enterprises; Italian American families; Italian American women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Don't sing at the table : life lessons from my grandmothers / by Trigiani, Adriana.;
Subjects: Bonicelli, Lucia Spada.; Trigiani, Adriana; Trigiani, Yolanda Perin.; Authors, American; Authors, American; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Italian American women; Women;
© c2010., Harper,
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The godmothers : a novel / by Aubray, Camille,author.;
Godmothers to one another's children, four women who married into a prosperous Italian family must come together, despite secrets and betrayals, when their husbands are forced to leave them during World War II, pitting them against notorious gangsters who run the streets of New York City.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Italian American families; Organized crime; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I'm mostly here to enjoy myself : one woman's pursuit of pleasure in Paris / by MacNicol, Glynnis,1974-author.;
"An intimate, insightful, powerful, and endlessly pleasurable memoir of an intensely lived experience whose meaning and insight expands far beyond the personal narrative"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; MacNicol, Glynnis, 1974-; Americans; Pleasure.; Women authors, American;
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On a night like this / by Kelk, Lindsey,author.;
The PA to an internationally famous singer, Fran Cooper has to gatecrash the Crystal Ball, a glittering event on a beautiful Italian island, where she meets a handsome American on this magical night who changes her life forever.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Administrative assistants; Balls (Parties); Celebrities; Gossip; Man-woman relationships; Women singers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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24 hours in Italy / by Moondi, Romi,author.;
A new destination, a familiar spark ... Two years have passed since Mira and Jake missed their flight and spent a magical 24 hours together in Paris. Sparks flew. Romance bloomed. But life got in the way. When they're reunited for another whirlwind adventure, will they connect in the same way? Mira's living her best life, having started a new chapter by taking a leave from her high pressure corporate position to spend time in Italy. Surrounded by amazing scenery, fantastic food and wine, and endearing locals, her life is nearly perfect--except for the thoughts of what might've been with Jake. While Jake's career has never been better, the move to California has been less than perfect. Still, he's got high hopes that seeing Mira at their friends' destination wedding can right past wrongs. Except travel has never been his strong suit, and his reunion with Mira is punctuated by another, more recent heartbreak. When the pair collide again on the gorgeous Amalfi coast, the spark they felt in Paris is reignited, but their quest for a happy ending will surely be as rocky as the Italian coastline.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Recipes.; Americans; East Indian American women; Man-woman relationships; Weddings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Long Island / by Tóibín, Colm,1955-author.;
"Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents, a huge extended family that lives and works, eats and plays together. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties to the town in Ireland where she grew up remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not returned in decades. One day, when Tony is at his job, an Irishman comes to the door asking for her by name. He tells her that his wife is pregnant with Tony's child, and that when the baby is born, he will not raise it but instead will deposit it on Eilis's doorstep. It is what Eilis does - and what she refuses to do - in response to this stunning news that makes Tóibín's novel so riveting. Long Island is about longings unfulfilled, even unrecognized. The silences in Eilis's life are thunderous and dangerous, and there's no one defter than Tóibín at giving them language. This is a gorgeous story of a woman alone in a marriage and the deepest of bonds she rekindles on her return to the place and people she left behind, to ways of living and loving she thought she'd lost. Eilis is perhaps Tóibín's most moving and unforgettable character, and this novel is a masterpiece"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Adultery; Families; Family secrets; Irish; Married people; Secrecy; Unplanned pregnancy; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The invisible spy : Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II / by Maier, Thomas,1956-author.;
As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a City Hall lawyer and "Brain Trust'' aide to President Roosevelt. He was on the payroll of national radio columnist Walter Winchell and mingled with the famous and powerful. But his status as a spy remained a secret, hiding in plain sight. During this time, Cuneo began a love affair with one of Churchill's agents at Rockefeller Center, Margaret Watson, a beautiful Canadian woman with a photographic memory ideal for spycraft. In one nighttime attack, Watson was nearly smothered to death by a Nazi assassin inside her women's dormitory near Rockfeller Center. Cuneo's transformation from a gridiron athlete into a high-stakes intelligence go-between and political influencer is one of the great untold stories of American espionage. He has remained "invisible" in the public eye, until now, with this unveiled look into his life. Thomas Maier weaves Cuneo's remarkable personal story with the vivid and insightful portraits of many top figures in his world. Full of action and fascinating characters, this untold history shows how the British launched a far-ranging covert campaign against Nazi conspirators hidden in America, a spy war unbeknown to many.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Cuneo, Ernest L., 1905-1988.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972; Great Britain. MI6; United States. Office of Strategic Services; Espionage, American; Intelligence officers; Spies; Undercover operations; World War, 1939-1945;
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Transient desires / by Leon, Donna,author.;
"In his many years as a commissario, Guido Brunetti has seen all manner of crime and known intuitively how to navigate the various pathways in his native city, Venice, to discover the person responsible. Now, in Transient Desires, the thirtieth novel in Donna Leon's masterful series, he faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction. He is drawn in innocently enough: two young American women have been badly injured in a boating accident, joy riding in the Laguna with two young Italians. However,Brunetti's curiosity is aroused by the behavior of the young men, who abandoned the victims after taking them to the hospital. If the injuries were the result of an accident, why did they want to avoid association with it? As Brunetti and his colleague,Claudia Griffoni, investigate the incident, they discover that one of the young men works for a man rumored to be involved in more sinister nighttime activities in the Laguna. To get to the bottom of what proves to be a gut-wrenching case, Brunetti needsto enlist the help of both the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Costiera. Determining how much trust he and Griffoni can put in these unfamiliar colleagues adds to the difficulty of solving a peculiarly horrible crime whose perpetrators are technologicallybrilliant and ruthlessly organized. Donna Leon's Transient Desires is as powerful as any novel she has written, testing Brunetti to his limits and forcing him to listen very carefully for the truth"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character); Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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