Italian Love Cake Contributor(s): Reitano, Gail (Author) |
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ISBN: 1599541602 ISBN-13: 9781599541600 Publisher: Bordighera Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: May 2021 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: 813.6 |
LCCN: 2020050431 |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.05 lbs) 324 pages |
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Publisher Description: Marie Genovese looks out from her apartment window above the Five & Ten and wonders how she'll save the failing store she's inherited from her mother. In a historical moment overshadowed by fear, economic uncertainty, and the controlling behavior of men, a powerful line of women-living and dead-helps Marie navigate her path to independence. With the realist detail of Sinclair Lewis and the modern, feminist sensibility of Elena Ferrante, Italian Love Cake is the account of a woman thwarted in her self-expression and autonomy. Gail Reitano sets the story in a deeply patriarchal culture, but boundaries between masculine power and feminine exaltation are blurred and frequently crossed. In this Depression-era portrait of a first-generation Italian-American woman, Marie Genovese asserts her own mind, and her sexuality, on the way to achieving her economic dreams. |
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