|  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 twenty 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 for the next wedding, baptism,
funeral or book club. Mamma mia, what will they dare say next?
Collected by
Maria Coletta McLean
ISBN 1-55022-651-7
5.75" x 8.5", 200pp, paper with French flaps
40 photos, b&w $19.95 CDN, price $17.95U.S
May 2004 Memoir/Canadian
The following are the names of the contributors
who have stories in
Mamma Mia: Good Italian Girls Talk Back
Maria Cioni
Maria Coletta McLean
Ivana Barbieri
Netta Rondinelli
Angela Capozzolo
Luciana Ricciutelli
Anna Nobile
Francesca Schembri
Nancy Kindy
Bruna Bertoni
Carrie-Ann Smith
Mirella (Sichirollo) Patzer
Valerie Mitchell
Gisella Signoroni
Rosanna Battigelli
Carla Lucchetta
Jennifer Febbraro
Maria Montini
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