Lucky pilgrim

Author: (USA) Puzo (Puzo/M.) / Deng Wenhua
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The female protagonist of this book, Lucia Santa, comes from a mountainous rural area in Italy to New York in the United States because she aspires to a better life here. However, everything that happens on the streets of New York is enough to break the heart of any strong woman. Two tragic marriages, six children she needs to raise alone, one restless daughter who insists on living and dating like a modern American, and her eldest son who joins the mafia—all these troubles. Lucia Santa—once a wife, now a widow, a mother of many children, and a grandmother to the younger ones—has endured all this with unparalleled dignity, courage, and passion. This novel is filled with laughter and tears, anger and tolerance. The Lucky Pilgrim mesmerizingly portrays the holographic picture of the life of an Italian family determined to settle in America—a novel only Mario Puzo could write.