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I could never get enough of this book, but I do have to sleep and eat and...
Grames's debut novel proves she is a writer able to paint verbal pictures. I was able "to see" so much of this book in my mind's eye.
Loosely based on the author's grandmother. I experienced so many emotions while reading this, especially sad that someone could be so unhappy especially through such a very long life.
All is not misery. It is interesting how different members of a family, supposedly raised the same, turn out ...more
Grames's debut novel proves she is a writer able to paint verbal pictures. I was able "to see" so much of this book in my mind's eye.
Loosely based on the author's grandmother. I experienced so many emotions while reading this, especially sad that someone could be so unhappy especially through such a very long life.
All is not misery. It is interesting how different members of a family, supposedly raised the same, turn out ...more
This had been on my shelves since it was published. I picked it for my personal book club and I hope the group likes it as much as I did. Stella Fortuna is the second Stella Fortuna as her older sister died at the age of 4 and she is born in Italy in the interwar period and grows up in the hills of Calabria. Her father is demanding, difficult man who emigrates to America. Eventually, he sends for his family after 9 years of no contact. By the time they arrive in Hartford, Connecticut, Stella has
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Thank you to HarperCollins/Ecco and Netgalley for sharing this Italian family story with me. I really enjoyed this novel, and was immediately transported to Calabria, the land of my own ancestors. Having grandparents who emigrated from Calabria to the U.S., I felt such an affinity for these characters and their struggles. Although the book is mostly focused on the title character, Stella, there are many other interesting players in the story. I wish we could have understood a bit more about some
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(maybe 3.5? Well-written but not for me) Engaging, richly-described family history, covering two countries, a hundred years of history & multiple generations, though quite dark and disturbing.
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Jun 28, 2021
Sue
marked it as to-read
