Finding Family Quotes

“beautiful.” “We have no money. And neither does anyone else.” “But why do we have to leave?” I didn’t want to say I was scared to leave because Papà would hit me, but I was scared. “Everyone”
― Giacomo Giammatteo, Finding Family

“olive trees. As I looked closer at them I wondered if they had escaped; their trunks and roots were so gnarled and scarred it looked as if they had been weeping for centuries. I stared at one of the farms as we passed. A few lemon trees sprinkled the land and a dozen or more almond trees, but they looked as”
― Giacomo Giammatteo, Finding Family

“This will be the last climb,” Papà said. Wildflowers were all around us, clusters of yellow broom blanketed the empty fields and beautiful pink rock roses peeked out from”
― Giacomo Giammatteo, Finding Family

“Mamma’s mouth turned down at the sides, like it did when she felt bad. “I know, Domenico, but it doesn’t make it any easier for Papà.” I said, “All right, Mamma,” but I didn’t understand why that would bother him; everyone from the village was in the same situation.”
― Giacomo Giammatteo, Finding Family

“was nothing compared to the danger of falling from the wagon on the steep mountain roads. Papà was in a foul mood again. Mamma said Papà had been angry since before I was born, and that was eight years ago. “Why is Papà so angry?” I asked Mamma. “Papà used”
― Giacomo Giammatteo, Finding Family