BookShared
  • MEMBER AREA    
  • An Italian Wife

    (By Ann Hood)

    Book Cover Watermark PDF Icon Read Ebook
    ×
    Size 21 MB (21,080 KB)
    Format PDF
    Downloaded 584 times
    Last checked 8 Hour ago!
    Author Ann Hood
    “Book Descriptions: An Italian Wife is the extraordinary story of Josephine Rimaldi—her joys, sorrows, and passions, spanning more than seven decades. The novel begins in turn-of-the-century Italy, when fourteen-year-old Josephine, sheltered and naive, 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. Her son suffers in World War One. One daughter struggles to assimilate in the new world of the 1950s American suburbs, while another, stranded in England, grieves for a lover lost in World War Two. Her granddaughters experiment with the sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll in the 1970s. Poignant, sensual, and deeply felt, An Italian Wife is a sweeping and evocative portrait of a family bound by love and heartbreak.”

    Google Drive Logo DRIVE
    Book 1

    The Bookshop at Water's End

    ★★★★★

    Patti Callahan Henry

    Book 1

    The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach

    ★★★★★

    Pam Jenoff

    Book 1

    Burning Roses (Hunting Monsters, #3)

    ★★★★★

    S.L. Huang

    Book 1

    Big Brother

    ★★★★★

    Lionel Shriver

    Book 1

    Mistress of the Ritz

    ★★★★★

    Melanie Benjamin

    Book 1

    Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings (The Lily Singer Adventures, #1)

    ★★★★★

    Lydia Sherrer

    Book 1

    After Annie

    ★★★★★

    Anna Quindlen

    Book 1

    The Wartime Sisters

    ★★★★★

    Lynda Cohen Loigman

    Book 1

    Sally Brady's Italian Adventure

    ★★★★★

    Christina Lynch

    Book 1

    Sushi for Beginners

    ★★★★★

    Marian Keyes

    Book 1

    Letters from My Sister

    ★★★★★

    Valerie Fraser Luesse

    Book 1

    On Her Own

    ★★★★★

    Lihi Lapid

    Book 1

    Stars in an Italian Sky

    ★★★★★

    Jill Santopolo

    Book 1

    Bear

    ★★★★★

    Julia Phillips