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Vita
a novel
By Mazzucco, Melania G. & Jewiss, Virginia
- ISBN
- 978-0-37428-495-4
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 15, 2005
When 11-year-old Diamante and nine-year-old Vita set sail in 1903, they are among 2200 Italian immigrants heading for the Land of Opportunity. Mazzucco's sprawling and often heartbreaking story presents a 50-year odyssey that takes readers from the characters' arrival as penniless children to middle age. Along the way, we glimpse the poverty, bigotry, and limited p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
