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The seven or eight deaths of Stella Fortuna : a novel, Juliet Grames
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- Summary
- In this stunning debut novel, a young woman tells the story behind two elderly sisters' estrangement, unraveling family secrets stretching back a century and across the Atlantic to early 20th century ItalyFor Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella's childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents--moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella's own mother is convinced that her daughter is cursed or haunted. In her rugged Italian village, Stella is considered an oddity--beautiful and smart, insolent and cold. Stella uses her peculiar toughness to protect her slower, plainer baby sister Tina from life's harshest realities. But she also provokes the ire of her father Antonio: a man who demands subservience from women and whose greatest gift to his family is his absence. When the Fortunas emigrate to America on the cusp of World War II, Stella and Tina must come of age side-by-side in a hostile new world with strict expectations for each of them. Soon Stella learns that her survival is worthless without the one thing her family will deny her at any cost: her independence. In present-day Connecticut, one family member tells this heartrending story, determined to understand the persisting rift between the now-elderly Stella and Tina. A richly told debut, The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna is a tale of family transgressions as ancient and twisted as the olive branch that could heal them
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 445 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062862822
- Label
- The seven or eight deaths of Stella Fortuna : a novel
- Title
- The seven or eight deaths of Stella Fortuna
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Juliet Grames
- Title variation
- 7 or 8 deaths of Stell Fortuna
- Subject
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- trueHistorical fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueGender role
- trueHistorical fiction
- Italian Americans -- Fiction
- Families -- Italy -- Fiction
- trueIndependence in women
- trueImmigration and emigration
- trueSisters
- Bildungsromans
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- trueItaly
- trueNear-death experience
- trueFather-separated families
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueAbusive men
- trueConnecticut
- trueProtectiveness in teenagers
- trueItalian-American women
- Domestic fiction
- trueTeenage girls
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueCurses
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this stunning debut novel, a young woman tells the story behind two elderly sisters' estrangement, unraveling family secrets stretching back a century and across the Atlantic to early 20th century ItalyFor Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella's childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents--moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella's own mother is convinced that her daughter is cursed or haunted. In her rugged Italian village, Stella is considered an oddity--beautiful and smart, insolent and cold. Stella uses her peculiar toughness to protect her slower, plainer baby sister Tina from life's harshest realities. But she also provokes the ire of her father Antonio: a man who demands subservience from women and whose greatest gift to his family is his absence. When the Fortunas emigrate to America on the cusp of World War II, Stella and Tina must come of age side-by-side in a hostile new world with strict expectations for each of them. Soon Stella learns that her survival is worthless without the one thing her family will deny her at any cost: her independence. In present-day Connecticut, one family member tells this heartrending story, determined to understand the persisting rift between the now-elderly Stella and Tina. A richly told debut, The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna is a tale of family transgressions as ancient and twisted as the olive branch that could heal them
- Summary
- Believed cursed in her rugged Italian village, a tough, intelligent teen protects her younger sister during World War II, enduring challenges that transform her views about survival and independence
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2019.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10775906
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
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- Grames, Juliet
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3607.R356
- LC item number
- S48 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Families
- Italian Americans
- Immigrants
- Sisters
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The seven or eight deaths of Stella Fortuna : a novel, Juliet Grames
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 445 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062862822
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- on1098177633
- (OCoLC)1098177633
- Label
- The seven or eight deaths of Stella Fortuna : a novel, Juliet Grames
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 445 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062862822
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- on1098177633
- (OCoLC)1098177633
Subject
- trueAbusive men
- Bildungsromans
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueConnecticut
- trueCurses
- trueDomestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Families -- Italy -- Fiction
- trueFather-separated families
- trueGender role
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- trueImmigration and emigration
- trueIndependence in women
- Italian Americans -- Fiction
- trueItalian-American women
- trueItaly
- trueNear-death experience
- trueProtectiveness in teenagers
- trueSisters
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueTeenage girls
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