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Petals from a Rose: A Family Epic is the story of the love and marriage of Paolo and Rosa Cucco, a novel based on real-life ancestral stories of devotion and despair, love and loss. Beginning in 1861 during Italy's Risorgimento, through earthquakes, poverty, emigration, war, influenza, boom and bust, murder and lust, and the Great Depression, this is an enduring story of survival and success against a backdrop of prejudice and deception, love and kindness.

Produktbeschreibung
Petals from a Rose: A Family Epic is the story of the love and marriage of Paolo and Rosa Cucco, a novel based on real-life ancestral stories of devotion and despair, love and loss. Beginning in 1861 during Italy's Risorgimento, through earthquakes, poverty, emigration, war, influenza, boom and bust, murder and lust, and the Great Depression, this is an enduring story of survival and success against a backdrop of prejudice and deception, love and kindness.
Autorenporträt
Rita Louise Monaco was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1921. Her short stories first appeared in The Flowerlover Magazine, 1994-1995. Petals from a Rose: A Family Epic is her first novel, published at age 95, proving it's never too late to realize a dream. Rita was an avid reader throughout her life and always wished to write fiction. She lives in Visalia, California and is currently at work on her memoir Growing Up Italian.