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Household Saints - Paperback

by Francine Prose
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Availability:In StockContributor:Francine ProsePublish date:2016-04-12Pages:250
Language:EnglishPublisher:Open Road Integrated Media LLCISBN-13:9781480445437ISBN-10:1480445436UPC:9781480445437Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Cultural Heritage, Family LifeSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCC5EW0S6T
This tale of a family in Little Italy is "a minor miracle . . . documenting the madness and the grace of God in everyday life" (Newsweek).

On a 1950s September night so hot that the devout Catholics of Little Italy wonder if New York City has slipped into hell, the butcher Joseph Santangelo invites his friends to play pinochle. At the end of a long, sweaty, boozy evening, his friend Lino Falconetti, addled by wine and heat, bets the hand of his daughter, Catherine--and Santangelo wins.

Santangelo's modern new wife clashes immediately with his superstitious, fiercely protective mother. But years later, it is Catherine who is horrified when the daughter they raise turns out to have more in common with the old world than the new.

From a New York Times-bestselling author, this story of two generations of an Italian-American family is imaginative, evocative, funny, and warm--and was made into an acclaimed film directed by Nancy Savoca, starring Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Lili Taylor.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Open Road Integrated Media LLCISBN-13:9781480445437ISBN-10:1480445436UPC:9781480445437Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Cultural Heritage, Family LifeSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCC5EW0S6T
Francine Prose is the author of sixteen novels, including A Changed Man, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. A former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Prose is a highly regarded critic and essayist, and has taught literature and writing for more than twenty years at major universities. She is a distinguished writer in residence at Bard College, and she lives in New York City.
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC

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