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Tony Romano
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In a masterful evocation of
time and place, Tony Romano introduces
readers to the Comingos, a first generation
Italian-American family living in a small
neighborhood outside of 1950s Chicago. The
evocative stories in this collection shed
light on the inner secrets and desires of
Italian immigrants Fabio and Lucia Comingo,
the restlessness and self-searching of their
sons, Michelino (Michael) and Giacomo
(Jimmy), and the ever-distant American
childhood of their four young
granddaughters. Weaving together two dozen
stories into a stunning...
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Chicago, 1957. Italian-American immigrants Angela Rosa and Agostino
Peccatori still cling to their old ways even as they cope with raising a
family in an unfamiliar land. Angela Rosa has devoted her entire adult life
to her children, while Agostino runs the corner social club and tavern, and
often indulges his weakness for the ladies.
Their oldest son ...
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