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My Father Came from Italy

by Maria Collet Mclean

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ISBN13: 9781551923567
ISBN10: 1551923564
Condition: Standard
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After 64 years, Mezzabotte Coletta, a retired truck driver for a Toronto macaroni factory, is returning to his native Italia. In a village called Supino, said to take its name from the crossroads where Christ rested, supine, en route from Rome to Naples, is a rundown villa bought sight unseen by Mezzabotte's daughter Maria — an olive branch after years of family struggle. While she and her husband Bob breathe in the chatter of local tradesmen, the fragrant offerings of well-wishing neighbors and the aroma of fine wine, her father awaits in Canada anticipating the day he will again touch Italian soil. Hoping to avoid the wounds of his difficult marriage and the onset of senility, father and daughter retrace footsteps that yield from the Saint of Special Favors a miraculous recovery.
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ISBN:
9781551923567
Author:
McLean, Maria Coletta
Publisher:
Raincoast Books
Author:
Coletta McLean, Maria
Author:
McLean, Maria Coletta
Location:
Vancouver, B.C.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Fathers and daughters
Subject:
Family/Interpersonal Memoir
Subject:
Italians
Subject:
Canada - General
Subject:
Italian Canadians.
Subject:
Canadiens d'origine italienne
Subject:
Páeres et filles
Subject:
Supino
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
BIO026000
Subject:
Italians -- Canada.
Subject:
Coletta, Mezzabotte - Travel - Italy - Supino
Series Volume:
106-308
Publication Date:
August 2000
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
8.52x5.50x.48 in. .48 lbs.
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