This book is a collection of short stories of travel, adventure, and growing up as an Italian Catholic. The author tells stories of her great grandparents that came to America, and how it was literally murder getting out of Sicily. Coming from being poor peasants in Italy, America promised to provide the family with the opportunities to become wealthy aristocrats, even if one had to bootleg whiskey to do it.
Shocked by the faith-shaking realization that nuns were actually human beings underneath all that garb, she was still hopeful that the pope would be coming to dinner after she purchased the best china available. With some Italian traditions that just wouldn't die and too many relatives that did, Annette relates stories of their lives and deaths with wit and humor.
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ISBN-13
978-3-98911-724-2 (9783989117242)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Annette Schiro was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, where she lived for 46 years. She is the second generation to be born in America of Sicilian immigrants, and still enjoys learning to speak the Italian language. She loves traveling, ballroom dancing, and arts & crafts. She is a Graduate of Rockford Business College, where she studied Bookkeeping and small business management. She attended Rock Valley College, where she studied psychology, science, and art, and graduated with honors, receiving an Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts. Annette was self-employed for almost 20 years, refinishing and restoring antiques and pianos. After selling her business, she attended Wagoner Leadership Institute and received a Bachelor's Degree in Practical Ministry in 2001. Annette currently resides with her husband Stephen Boatright in southern Illinois.
