An Italian wife / Ann Hood.
In turn-of-the-century Italy, 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393241662
- ISBN: 0393241661
- Physical Description: 286 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes a reading group guide. |
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| Subject: | Italian Americans > Fiction. Italian American families > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Immigrants > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 32 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 34 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC HOOD (Text) | 36015000292975 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC HOOD (Text) | 36015001183314 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
