The Fortunate Pilgrim
Autobiographical fiction Biography & Autobiography Cultural Heritage Domestic Fiction Emigration & Immigration Fiction General Immigrants Immigrants - New York (State) - New York Italian Americans Italian Americans - New York (State) - New York Literary New York (N.Y.) Reference Rich & Famous Sagas Social Science Suspense
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: Jan 2, 1964
Description:
Lucia Santa came to New York from the mountain farms of Italy because she knew there had to be a better life. But what she finds in the streets of Hell's Kitchen is a life to break a strong woman's heart. Two tragic marriages, six children to support by herself, a fiery-hearted daughter who insists on living and loving as an American, an oldest son who gets involved with the mafia. And through it all, Lucia Santa--wife, widow, mother, grandmother--endures as a woman of incomparable dignity, courage, and passion. Filled with laughter and tears, fury and forgiveness, The Fortunate Pilgrim is a spellbinding portrait of a family determined to survive in America. It is a novel that only Mario Puzo could have written.