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An Italian Wife
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 naïve, 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.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Aug 3rd, 2015
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.40in - 0.70in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780393351231
- Categories: • Women• Family Life - General
About the Author
Hood, Ann: - Ann Hood is the author of more than a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including the best-selling novels The Book That Matters Most, The Red Thread, and The Knitting Circle. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York.
Praise for this book
Is there anyone who can write about the connections between ordinary people as well as Ann Hood does?--Jodi Picoult
Glorious...Reading this novel was like taking a luscious train ride through the last century. ...Full of surprise and wonder, the writing is at turns poetic and sensitive, then dynamic and wise. Ann Hood is a master craftsman. This resplendent novel is a grand crescendo in a pitch-perfect career.--Adriana Trigiani
Hood reinvents the family saga into something spellbindingly new and authentically alive.... Hood shows how love and history transform a family, fuel--and sometimes kill--their dreams, and connect them in ways they never might imagine. Sweeping, sensual, and downright astonishing.--Caroline Leavitt
A big, full-hearted grazie to Ann Hood.... She has given us a feast of a story: impressive in its range, sumptuous in its evocations of love and loss, and deeply satisfying.--Christopher Castellani