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If You Eat, You Never Die by Tony Romano

If You Eat, You Never Die

Chicago Tales

by Tony Romano

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  • Jan 2009, 272 pages
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In a neighborhood on Chicago's outskirts, Fabio and Lucia Comingo have built a new American life—and struggle to comprehend the influences that distract and change their restless young sons.

Through this masterful evocation of a time and place, Tony Romano, the acclaimed author of When the World Was Young, brings a first-generation Italian American family vividly and poignantly alive in closely related tales at once joyous, heartbreaking, and honest. Weaving two dozen stories into a stunning, cohesive family history, Romano gives readers hope for togetherness amid the painful generational cycle of loss and redemption—as children grow and learn, and decide which treasures of cultural inheritance they will cherish.

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Starred Review. "[A] moving collection of tales that will stay with the reader long after the book is shut." - Publisher Weekly Pick of the Week.

"Romano has a penetrating eye, respect for life, poise, and deep understanding of how helpless we are when emotions and actions betray reason." - Booklist.

"Romano deftly and sensitively guides readers through lives that are both pedestrian and profound. An impressive sophomore effort; recommended for public libraries." - Library Journal.

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