Thru Sunday: Download The Last Letter from Sicily for 99 ¢/p. "From Sicily's terraced hills to the brewing tensions of wartime America, this richly woven tale of forbidden love and impossible choices will break your heart and put it back together again." https://t.co/jPrgLimeft
Thanks Bookish Flights for the opportunity to share how and why I came to write The Last Letter from Sicily and Beneath the Sicilian Stars, to discuss lesser-known history, to recommend a "flight" of books, and to remind writers to always save even the most tangential stories.
Looking for something to binge-read before the NYE ball drops? Beneath the Sicilian Stars is just 99 cents today only on Kindle: https://t.co/vk9sL3hlhC
Grazie Appetito magazine! Honored to be featured on this list of Favorite Italian Books for the Last Minute Shopper. Check it out! https://t.co/1zZcv1RKei...
After Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a series of life-changing directives, even before Italy was at war with the United States. https://t.co/t31Y2ijV62
This Video Librarian's Author POV reveals the history behind Beneath the Sicilian Stars+why it resonates with readers drawn to identity+immigration themes. Librarians+clubs seeking fresh historical fiction can find discussion, display, and program info. https://t.co/flhJYZMa4l
It was an honor and a privilege to share The Last Letter from Sicily and Beneath the Sicilian Stars with audiences in the Midwest during my 17-day visit. Recap here: https://t.co/bhYe1HM2vW
On Veterans Day, we recognize all Americans, regardless of citizenship or origins, for their service and honor what their families also endured. https://t.co/QebHJK16NM
November is Family Stories Month, and I'm taking my heritage-inspired stories on the road, with 17 days in SE Wisconsin and Chicagoland. I'll also present virtually for a program hosted by Vermont Italian Cultural Association & Bridgeside Books. Info: https://t.co/dbRPihK81y
Today in Los Angeles: Join me 4-6pm, at The Open Book Woodland Hills for a reading, signing, and discussion of Beneath the Sicilian Stars.
See you there?
Last night’s event at @sfpubliclibrary’s North Beach Branch was so special. The warmth in that room, the shared stories, the surprises, the history rediscovered... It reminded me why I wrote Beneath the Sicilian Stars. Grazie mille to @friendssfpl for keeping these stories alive.
Bay Area friends! I’m coming Tues, Oct 21, to the SF Public Library’s North Beach Branch at 6 p.m. to present Forgotten Voices: Italian Americans Uprooted in Wartime California. See you there? https://t.co/HVrThNwZ4k
25 years ago today: The U.S. Senate passed the Wartime Violation of Italian American Civil Liberties Act. Join me 6pm Tuesday at @SFPublicLibrary North Beach to discuss this history, which inspired Beneath the Sicilian Stars. https://t.co/HVrThNxwTS
Bay Area friends, you don't need to be Italian to benefit from this discussion about how California lives were uprooted during World War II. We'll discuss this lesser-known history and its echoes today.
https://t.co/HVrThNwZ4k See you there?