And The Devil Makes Three

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Summary: Digging into family history can come up with surprises.
Review: Aging (I am 70) can fan the flames of curiosity. I was very taken with my grandmother's life. As a child, I remember thinking the bedroom arrangements in my grandparent's home were odd. And my questions were shrugged away. After my father's death, I probed and began to uncover this strange tale. It rattled around in my head for years. When I finally decided to write about Lydia, the grandmother, my sympathies were all directed toward her. However, by the end of the book, my heart went out to the "uncle" who paid through the nose for love. Would I have done the same or as much? I doubt it. It took me many years just to think about writing the story. The repercussions of her life style affected many people. It was a different time, a time when no self-repecting Italian woman would have behaved in such a manner. While my prose doesn't match Sandra Sloan or J. Susann, I believe that you will find, as I did, a compelling story. I've waited until all the characters are gone and I've moved the time up about 20 years. I hope you enjoy it.

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Summary: bittersweet
Review: Since Italian stories are popular these days,(considering the Sopranos) this book should do well if people can find out about it. I felt both anger and pity for the heroine, sympathy for the hero. Good descriptions of New York in the twenties and thirties. If this story is only half-true, it's an amazing tale, a very bittersweet romance.

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Summary: lust for life
Review: This Italian saga captures the beauty, suffering, hope and despair of life that we all know at some level, steeped in the rich, cultural tradition that to this day, reflects the lust for life and whose roots touch the very soul of the human condition.

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Summary: Survival, greed and love make strange bedfellows.
Review: Two years ago, I was lucky enough to have a chance to read the author's first draft of this novel and couldn't put it down. Descriptions of Italy's countryside villas and seaside warehouses are vivid enough to smell. Character situations are gripping and character developments have all the anxiety and frustration of real life. I can hardly stand the wait for my first hardcover version to arrive.