If you are looking for a great story about family, perseverance, love, tradition, jealousy, and the American dream, look no further than Luigina Vecchione’s Italian American, the much-anticipated sequel to Greetings From Asbury Park. Both novels are inspired by real-life events and tell the story of when the author’s parents met during World War 2 in Italy. Readers will follow Mariella and Jack’s love story and become immersed in German-occupied Rome, and in the aftermath of the war. In Italian American, readers follow Mariella again as she travels with her husband to a new and strange life in America. The warmth and kindness she felt in her small Rome apartment are replaced by American suburban housing developments, ladies’ lunches, and rude doctors. Mariella is more than a character in a novel, she is someone readers know and cheer for every step of the way. Both books are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books. Happy Reading!
