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Summary: One of Puzo's best books, right up there with the Sicilian.
Review: The Fortunate Pilgrim was a book i thought would not be as good as it was. I found it hard to ge tinto in the beginning, but once again, Puzo works his magic. i stuck with it and got trapped into the story that Puzo writes so eloquantly. Not since The Godfather have i got so into the characters of the book. The leading female of the family to Octavia, he melts the story together so well that it gels nicely. You could actualyy compare the roll of the son in th end that sacrifices for his family so that they can live and prosper. That character is much like Micheal Corleone in The Godfather.
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Summary: Fortunate Pilgrim definetly rocks, as a teen i recommend it!
Review: This book is about Lucia Santa Angeluzzi-Corbo, mother of six, and widow of Anthony angeluzzi. It is about her struggle to survive in America, after immigrating here from the Italian farms. She finds that life in America is worse than in Italy. Her children have lost all sense of italian family values and most of all have lost the respect they owe their parents.
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Summary: Reading the Fortunate Pilgrim will make you a Fortunate Read
Review: This book is really anti-Puzo. It doesn?t have much to do with the mob, crime, casinos, or gangsters, and it doesn?t have killings, executions, or any other street warfare. Heck, it doesn?t even have a plot. Instead, it?s about a family living in New York, and how the mother has learned to survive and raise a family alone.Sounds boring, right? Wrong. This could actually be Puzo?s finest work. From the family?s struggles through poverty and near poverty, to the fights of mother and daughter, to the disobedience of one son, and the suicide of another other, this book is a touching chronicle. Though not a novel you would expect from Puzo, it?s definitely his most poignant work, and shows that he can live past his Godfather typecast.
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Summary: Reading the Fortunate Pilgrim will make you a Fortunate Read
Review: This book is really anti-Puzo. It doesn?t have much to do with the mob, crime, casinos, or gangsters, and it doesn?t have killings, executions, or any other street warfare. Heck, it doesn?t even have a plot. Instead, it?s about a family living in New York, and how the mother has learned to survive and raise a family alone. Sounds boring, right? Wrong. This could actually be Puzo?s finest work. From the family?s struggles through poverty and near poverty, to the fights of mother and daughter, to the disobedience of one son, and the suicide of another other, this book is a touching chronicle. Though not a novel you would expect from Puzo, it?s definitely his most poignant work, and shows that he can live past his Godfather typecast.
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Summary: Emotional yet entertaining
Review: This was an incredibly written Book by Mario Puzo. Based primarily on Lucia Santa and her family, this book gave readers a good insight of how tough times were for immigrants. I would talk more about it, but I'd rather you read it and find out for yourself. You will not be disappointed. Why not try to think of how your family first came over, who knows, maybe they went through the same despair and contentnous Lucia Santos went through.
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