Three dreamers : a memoir of family
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New York : Ballantine Books, [2021].
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East Side Library - Biographies - Adult
B Carcaterra, L.
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New York : Ballantine Books, [2021].
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xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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At sixty-six, Lorenzo Carcaterra finds it easier to reflect on the past than ruminate on the future. "By the time you reach my age," he writes, "you have witnessed too much loss to not be aware of what lies ahead." This turn to the past inspired a poignant memoir about the women who made him the man he is today. His Italian grandmother, Nonna Maria, gave him his first taste of a loving home during the summers he spent with her as a teenager on Ischia, an island off the coast of Naples. With her kindness, her humor, and the same formidable strength she employed to make secret trips for food when the Nazis occupied Ischia during World War II, she instilled in him the importance of community, providing shelter for a boy whose home life was difficult. His mother, Raffaela, dealt with daily hardships: a loveless and abusive marriage, the burden of debt, and a life of dread. Though the lessons she taught were harsh, they would drive Lorenzo from the world they shared to the better one she always prayed he would find. The third woman is his wife, Susan, a gifted editor and his professional champion. Their marriage lasted three decades before her death from lung cancer in 2013. While their upbringings were wildly different, their love and friendship never wavered--and neither did her faith in Lorenzo's talent and potential as a writer. Standing with his children near Nonna Maria's grave on a recent trip to Ischia, Lorenzo realized how much of his life has been shaped by the women who taught him how to look for joy and overcome sorrow. This book is his tribute to them. --,From publisher's description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Carcaterra, L. (2021). Three dreamers: a memoir of family (First edition.). Ballantine Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Carcaterra, Lorenzo. 2021. Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family. Ballantine Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Carcaterra, Lorenzo. Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family Ballantine Books, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Carcaterra, Lorenzo. Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family First edition., Ballantine Books, 2021.

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