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maria1085's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
4.0
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This is a story about an Italian-American family living in the Bronx in the early 90s. The main character Angela left her family home 10 years ago after an accident broke her brother’s spine. When she goes home 10 years later Jimmy is about to get married, but Angela doesn’t want him to and she is going to try to stop it. I loved the Campanosi family so much! Each character had a strong personality and an even stronger sense of family. Marrying into an Italian family the way they all interacted reminded me of the holidays and other family get togethers. There’s always drama but there is also love. Reading about the Bronx and the Italian neighborhood was really interesting. My father in law grew up there and has told me a lot of stories which sound similar to some themes in the book. This book also reminded me of We are the Brennans, another strong family story, where the daughter goes away to California for a period of time but then returns back to her roots. There were parts that were laugh out loud funny, and the cursing is so appropriate, I can just imagine my family saying very similar things! A great read overall!
This is a story about an Italian-American family living in the Bronx in the early 90s. The main character Angela left her family home 10 years ago after an accident broke her brother’s spine. When she goes home 10 years later Jimmy is about to get married, but Angela doesn’t want him to and she is going to try to stop it. I loved the Campanosi family so much! Each character had a strong personality and an even stronger sense of family. Marrying into an Italian family the way they all interacted reminded me of the holidays and other family get togethers. There’s always drama but there is also love. Reading about the Bronx and the Italian neighborhood was really interesting. My father in law grew up there and has told me a lot of stories which sound similar to some themes in the book. This book also reminded me of We are the Brennans, another strong family story, where the daughter goes away to California for a period of time but then returns back to her roots. There were parts that were laugh out loud funny, and the cursing is so appropriate, I can just imagine my family saying very similar things! A great read overall!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault