Summers In Supino Becoming Italian

Author : Maria McLean
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770903647

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Summers in Supino: Becoming Italian by Maria McLean Pdf

“A vivid memoir” of a time spent in Supino, Italy “quickly transports readers into the charm and richness of village life . . . a story of love and family.” (Publishers Weekly) Every summer Maria and her husband, Bob, went to their little house in the Italian village of Supino, and every year it was a new adventure. Only in Supino would you find a pizzeria in a sheep pasture, a seafood restaurant hidden in the woods, or an electrical cord draped from one balcony to the next so neighbours could share power. In Supino, they celebrate the first figs of the season; host watermelon, azalea, and artichoke festivals; and take pleasure in the magical view of the stars in the summer sky. Written with humour and heart, Summers in Supino is Maria Coletta McLean’s memoir of these summers with Bob, as she becomes accustomed to the town her father grew up in and the peculiarities of the people who live there. Cousin Guido argues with their neighbour over who can plant a grapevine and therefore reap the harvest. Villagers debate whether one neighbour can trade the installation of some terra cotta tiles and the use of a pizza oven (he has yet to build) for the land beneath Bob and Maria’s patio. And as Maria comes to understand her connection to this wonderful place, Bob proposes they open a coffee bar on the piazza. Full of wonderfully vivid stories of Italy, Summers in Supino also explores loss, grief, and the restorative power of community.

Author : Maria Coletta McLean
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Canadians
ISBN : 1459668529

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Summers in Supino by Maria Coletta McLean Pdf

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Author : Maria Coletta McLean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1770903631

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Summers in Supino by Maria Coletta McLean Pdf

An Italian Canadian woman recounts her annual summer trips with her husband to her ancestral village of Supino, Italy, in this heartwarming hybrid of travel guide and memoir. Written with humor and heart, it describes her process of adjusting to life in her father’s hometown, as well as the eccentricities of its people. Supino’s colorful landscapes and citizens make for vivid stories, from pizzerias in sheep pastures and fish restaurants hidden in the woods to village-wide celebrations of figs, watermelon, azaleas, and artichokes. The book goes on to explain how with every trip, the budding Italian gains a deeper understanding of her connection to Supino and comes to more fully embrace her cultural heritage. Filled with brilliant stories about a fascinating land, this engaging narrative explores notions of identity and the restorative power of community.

Author : Maria Coletta McLean
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1551923564

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My Father Came from Italy by Maria Coletta McLean Pdf

After 64 years, Mezzabotte Coletta, a retired truck driver for a Toronto macaroni factory, is returning to his native Italia. In a village called Supino said to take its name from the crossroads where Christ rested, supine, en route from Rome to Naples, is a rundown villa bought sight unseen by Mezzabotte's daughter Maria-an olive branch after years of family struggle. While she and her husband Bob breathe in the chatter of local tradesmen, the fragrant offerings of well-wishing neighbours and the aroma of fine wine, her father awaits in Canada anticipating the day he will again touch Italian soil. Hoping to avoid the wounds of his difficult marriage and the onset of senility, father and daughter retrace footsteps that yield from the Saint of Special Favours a miraculous recovery.

Author : Maria Coletta McLean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1771339624

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Privacy Is a Foreign Word in Supino by Maria Coletta McLean Pdf

"At the newspaper office, Bianca stumbles into a job meant for someone else and a new advice column, "Ask Minerva," is born. Soon everyone is engaged in trying to discover the mystery columnist's identity as well as the identity of her correspondents. Seven years have passed since Rosa's husband's disappearance and now he's been declared legally dead. And her secret lover (that all the villagers know about) wants to marry her. Bravo! Except Rosa is uncertain and when she's uncertain she tends to run away. That's why she's taken her son Carlito to Venice for a week. As Rosa's relationship unravels, Carlito does some unraveling of his own and inches closer to uncovering the mystery of his father's identity. Back in the village, Rosa's best friend Assunta is lonely. Perhaps that's why Assunta falls so quickly and naively for Enzo, the smooth-talking bottlecap salesman. Every villager, from the hairdresser to the barman and each one in between, has an opinion on Bianca's column, "Ask Minerva!" The young hairdresser's assistant has trouble with her marriage to a man with a wandering eye and at the Kennedy Bar, the men gather to laugh over the columnist's advice until they begin to realize that it's their wives who are requesting the advice."--

Author : Maria Coletta McLean
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781550226515

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Mamma Mia! by Maria Coletta McLean Pdf

Growing up a second-generation Italian woman in Canada is not as easy as it looks. In fact, it requires the keeping of secrets, the telling of lies, the casting of curses, and the patience of a saint. Here 20 Italian-Canadian women share their stories -- some comic, some tragic, some nostalgic, all true -- about living a double life with a private/public split personality. Intimate, inspiring, brave, and confessional, these tales reveal women old enough to reminisce yet young enough to revolutionize. Balancing between the Old Country and the new, a respect for tradition and the need to break with it, this collection is a rare and surprising blend of humour and candor that promises the perfect conversation-starter. Mamma mia, what will they dare say next?

Author : John Hungerford Pollen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Catholics
ISBN : WISC:89064361231

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Unpublished Documents Relating to the English Martyrs by John Hungerford Pollen Pdf

Author : John Milton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCM:5319391202

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The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton Pdf

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439125571

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Roman Fever and Other Stories by Edith Wharton Pdf

A side from her Pulitzer Prize-winning talent as a novel writer, Edith Wharton also distinguished herself as a short story writer, publishing more than seventy-two stories in ten volumes during her lifetime. The best of her short fiction is collected here in Roman Fever and Other Stories. From her picture of erotic love and illegitimacy in the title story to her exploration of the aftermath of divorce detailed in "Souls Belated" and "The Last Asset," Wharton shows her usual skill "in dissecting the elements of emotional subtleties, moral ambiguities, and the implications of social restrictions," as Cynthia Griffin Wolff writes in her introduction. Roman Fever and Other Stories is a surprisingly contemporary volume of stories by one of our most enduring writers.

Author : Benjamin Bonavida,Anahid Jewett
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128243961

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Successes and Challenges of NK Immunotherapy by Benjamin Bonavida,Anahid Jewett Pdf

Successes and Challenges of NK Immunotherapy: Increasing Anti-tumor Efficacy describes the unique therapeutic applications of NK cells to fight cancers and eliminate the bulk and subset of cancer stem cells responsible for metastasis, relapse and recurrences. The book provides information on the development, engineering, mechanisms of action, response to various preclinical models, and applications in various clinical trials. Sections cover the development of highly engineered cytotoxic NK cells, their mechanisms of action, preclinical and clinical applications, the development and application of CAR-NK cells, and new NK-drug conjugates, also emphasizing that activated NK cells can target and kill highly resistant cancer stem cells. Written by the leading experts on NK immunotherapy worldwide, this is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians and members of the biomedical field who are interested in understanding novel and efficient therapies to fight cancers. Discusses the unique developmental applications of NK immunotherapy against cancers, which differs greatly from other types of immunotherapies Provides up-to-date and highly relevant information through chapters written by the leading researchers in the field Presents a significant number of schematic diagrams for easy understanding and reproducibility

Author : John Miley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10078833

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The History of the Papal States, from Their Origin to the Present Day by John Miley Pdf

Author : Louis C. Jones
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781789129366

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Things That Go Bump in the Night by Louis C. Jones Pdf

Things That Go Bump in the Night, first published in 1959, is a fascinating collection of some of the many ghost and haunted house stories and places of New York state. Traditional folksy ghost stories collected by the author and his students while he was teaching at Cornell. Some of these stories made me want to visit the places mentioned. The author said that he didn’t change any of the place names but he did change names of people so tracking down the particular stone house somewhere between Middleville and Norway becomes problematic since limestone was a popular building material in that area.

Author : John Milton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B900063153

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The Poetical Works. With a Life of the Author by John Milton Pdf

Author : John Miley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Papal States
ISBN : BSB:BSB10078831

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The History of the Papal States, from Their Origin to the Present Day by John Miley Pdf

Author : Decimus Magnus Ausonius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Moselle River
ISBN : IND:32000002640706

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The Mosella by Decimus Magnus Ausonius Pdf