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001 2015295370
003 DLC
005 20150531074930.0
008 150512t20152015nyu 000 1 eng d
010 $a 2015295370
020 $a9780758275059 (paperback)
020 $a0758275056 (paperback)
020 $z9781617738630 (electronic book)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn875239699
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050 00 $aPS3603.H574$bS74 2015
082 04 $a813/.6$223
100 1 $aChiofalo, Rosanna,$eauthor.
245 10 $aStella mia /$cRosanna Chiofalo.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bKensington Books,$c[2015]
264 4 $c©2015
300 $a354 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Rosanna Chiofalo's poignant, beautifully written new novel evokes the stunning scenery of Sicily and the Aeolian Islands and tells of mothers and daughters, love and sacrifice--and the choices that resound across continents and through generations. Julia Parlatone doesn't have much to remember her Italian mother by. A grapevine that Sarina planted still flourishes in the backyard of Julia's childhood home in Astoria, Queens. And there's a song, "Stella Mia," she recalls her mother singing--my star, my star, you are the most beautiful star--until the day she left three-year-old Julia behind and returned to Italy for good. Now a happily married school teacher, Julia tries not to dwell on a past she can't change or on a mother who chose to leave. But in an old trunk in the family basement, she discovers items that belonged to her mother--a song book, Tarot cards, a Sicilian folk costume--and a diary. Sarina writes unflinchingly of her harsh childhood and of a first, passionate love affair; of blissful months spent living in the enchanting coastal resort town of Taormina and the unspoiled Aeolian Islands north of Sicily as well as the reasons she came to New York. By the diary's end, Julia knows she must track down her mother in Italy and piece together the rest of the complex, bittersweet truth--a journey that, for better or worse, will change her own life forever."--Page [2] of cover.
650 0 $aMothers and daughters$vFiction.
650 0 $aDiaries$vFiction.
651 0 $aSicily (Italy)$vFiction.