The Ghosts of Italy eBook Angela Paolantonio
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'A warm summer breeze lifts pale blue sheets and a host of marshmallow clouds float over my balcony.'
The Ghosts of Italy is Angela Paolantonio's memoir of how she first discovers and then returns to live in the remote mountain village in Southern Italy where her grandparents were born. She sets out late one November, just after having celebrated Thanksgiving alone on a rooftop in Rome, the spirit of her ancestors guiding her in. "I really didn't know I was searching for anything till I got here," she says. "Then I realized what I was missing and what it meant."
Angela Paolantonio's archetypal journey to the village of the ghosts of her ancestors is a unique yet universal woman's story. She ventures across the threshold of a lost world, reclaims it, and falls deeply in love along the way – with the town and its residents, the landscape, and the Handsome Man from Macchiursi. She follows the clues to rediscover her spirit and the spirit of her grandmother, and namesake, whose memory had been lost to her, locked inside her father's heart.
The Ghosts of Italy opens with Angela's daydream of one day owning a stone house on an Italian hillside, sheep grazing below her balcony. 'Now I have them in view.' Then wistfully, 'But it's not just any view. It's the balcony view of my grandmother's youth.'
With good timing, Angela ends up buying the very house where her grandmother was born, made of fieldstone set by hand by her great-grandfather, with the beautiful view, kept in the family for generations. But will she trade a career in Los Angeles to live the Roseto Mystery?
The Ghosts of Italy eBook Angela Paolantonio
Upon reading "Ghosts of Italy" I was inspired, captivated, and enthralled. I felt as though I was making Angela's journey along side of her. If only a little of her girl power could rub off on me! Her mastery of story telling is charming, with interjections of the Italian language coloring the vivid scenes she paints in your mind. As I neared the end I found myself rationing pages, allowing myself only a few each day, wishing to prolong the inevitable end. Now I hold onto the hope that a sequel is in the works! If you like the genres of travel, adventure, and female empowerment, all laced with a little romance, this is the read for you!Product details
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The Ghosts of Italy eBook Angela Paolantonio Reviews
Lovely, well-written and engaging chronicle of one woman's Italian journey to explore her roots. Wonderful read!
wow, living,working tha rat race in L.A. to so,so,small town Italy,and finding onesself....how many of us could even ''THINK'' about doing it...let alone do it!!...gotta be one of most content person one could ever know!!..love the read...robin in San Francisco....
What a pleasure to follow in Angela Paolantonio's foot steps as she immersed herself in this 'adventure' of finding her roots, for herself, but for her families on both sides of the ocean. It is a reunion of love and compassion ~ we should all be this fortunate to have an adventure of a lifetime - not only to have - but to live it and now reside in it ~ True inspiration!
'The Ghost of Italy' is a delightful account of Ms Paolantonio's journey to a small village in Italy where her grandparents were from. Along the way we are introduced to warm and accommodating family relations, long held Italian customs and wonderful Italian food! With her clever style of writing and good humor, Ms. Paolantonio is able to give real form to people and places that once haunted her - as Italian ghost.
The book was a joy to read and I would strongly recommend it. Can’t wait for the sequel to come out, “Will She Stay or Will She Go?” Ha.
This book is for anyone who loves travel; for anyone who loves Family History; for anyone who loves Italy, romance and so much more. I have been to those small hill towns of Southern Italy and Angela captures it perfectly. The warm summer breeze, the church bells ringing - she takes you there with her and you will be totally engrossed in the experience. I recommend this book highly.
LOVED The Ghosts of Italy. Angela does a great job of sharing her own story including the adventures of discovering her family roots as well as the challenges of doing so when one’s residence is across the ocean. Speaking of family, you will notice many profound values and expressions of love that are quiet and yet fierce. Her writing and descriptions of countrysides, towns, tastes and colors made me feel like I was right there with her experiencing the beauty and intricacies of living in Bella Italia and the love story made the book only more interesting leaving me wanting to know more. ENJOY!
I really enjoyed Angela's book. The story combines both love and history in a beautiful way. There are many kinds of love expressed in this book...love for a place, for the past, for a family and for a man. This book is romantic in many ways...not only in her love of Giuseppe, but in her love of Italy, a town and it's customs and people. I am happy that she found what she was looking for and is living a wonderful and exciting life in Calitri. The depth of her feelings for the past and her family history are amazingly revealed in this book. She also describes in wonderful detail the relationships between women in a small town in Sud Italia and the importance of the Catholic Church and it's saints and rituals cannot be minimized. I also enjoyed the recipes and her wonderful photography. I would recommend this book.
Upon reading "Ghosts of Italy" I was inspired, captivated, and enthralled. I felt as though I was making Angela's journey along side of her. If only a little of her girl power could rub off on me! Her mastery of story telling is charming, with interjections of the Italian language coloring the vivid scenes she paints in your mind. As I neared the end I found myself rationing pages, allowing myself only a few each day, wishing to prolong the inevitable end. Now I hold onto the hope that a sequel is in the works! If you like the genres of travel, adventure, and female empowerment, all laced with a little romance, this is the read for you!
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