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Ladataan... The Weight of SaltTekijä: Sandra Montanino
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"Set in 1906, comes a vivid and unique story inspired by real people and in a time when Ybor City, Florida soared as the cigar capital of the world. Sensitive and intelligent fifteen-year-old Angelina Pirrello comes of age amid the suffragettes fierce battle for women's rights, the formation of the violent Italian mafia, and Angelina's sicilian father, Domenico's unyielding rule. A yearning ignites inside Angelina when she meets Rolando and discovers the irrepressible power of love, but her plan to define her own life is shattered when her father arranges her marriage to a man she dislikes. Furious, desperate, and relying on her wits alone, Angelina makes a frantic decision that will alter the course of her life"--Back cover. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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She is bright and ambitious, and wants to chart her own path in life. Her mother dies in childbirth (child #7), leaving Angelina devastated. She works, for a while, in a cigar factory. She learns that the Mafia has a stranglehold on her community, women do not have the right to vote, and her strict, Sicilian father arranges a marriage to a man Angelina totally dislikes. Angelina makes a gutsy move to take back her destiny, but it comes with huge consequences.
Here is some really good writing. This story has laughter, love, tears and uncertainty. It is a very good snapshot of immigrant life a century ago. This is very much worth reading. ( )