Safe in Your Head |
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Author:
| Valeri, Laura |
ISBN: | 978-1-62288-011-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | Stephen F. Austin State University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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A middle class Italian family finds reason to immigrate to America when Italy is threatened by the Red Brigades' terrorist movement of the 1970s. The family patriarch manages a transfer to the United States, certain of better prospects and of a more secure future for his family, but each of the family members experiences a deeper kind of upheaval, negotiating personal losses and estrangement. A grandmother, a mother, and a...
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A middle class Italian family finds reason to immigrate to America when Italy is threatened by the Red Brigades' terrorist movement of the 1970s. The family patriarch manages a transfer to the United States, certain of better prospects and of a more secure future for his family, but each of the family members experiences a deeper kind of upheaval, negotiating personal losses and estrangement. A grandmother, a mother, and a granddaughter each discovers the many insidious ways in which war warps and defines life, even at a distance of decades.