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Book Details
Title: The Italian Prisoner
Release date: April 11, 2022
Hardcover: 304 pages
ISBN: Paperback 9781662924132, Ebook 9781662924149, Hardcover 9781662924125
Language: English
Publisher: Burgundy Bend Press
Praise for The Italian Prisoner
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“The repercussions of WWII are lovingly rendered through one woman’s story, with an endearing cast of characters who all feel like family by the end.”—LALITA TADEMY, New York Times best-selling author of Oprah’s Book Club pick Cane River, Red River, and Citizens Creek
“… intimate historical fiction at its page-turning best.”—PAMELA ROTNER SAKAMOTO, author of Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds
“… a compelling mix of freshness and familiarity, using a female rites-of-passage narrative to transport readers to 1940s New Orleans and to bring alive the timeless challenges of living in a nation at war.”—ANN HAGEDORN, award-winning author of Beyond the River, Savage Peace, Sleeper Agent and more
“A dazzling World War II love story set in New Orleans that will pull you in from the very first paragraph.”—JENNIFER SMITH TURNER, award-winning author of Child Bride, named the Best Ebook of 2020 by the Black Caucus of The American Library Association.
"…an intimate portrait of the Italian-American community in WWII New Orleans…" —SHAUNNA J. EDWARDS, co-author of upcoming The Thread Collectors
“… a beautiful book that will touch anyone who ever dared want more out of life.” —CHARLES FORREST JONES, author of The Illusion of Simple
"The author's keen eye for the history of those years are evident as delightful details of the city at war abound.”—BRIAN ALTOBELLO, author of Whiskey, Women, and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans
“…compelling, atmospheric, and refined. A truly magnificent read.” —DIANNE C. BRALEY, author of The Silence in the Sound (debuting August 2022)