Bøger i Harmony Memoir serien

Young Salvatore Ciccone leaves Pacentro, Italy in 1902 to come to work in the mines of Colorado where he meets and marries Maria Grosso. When things go horribly wrong with the Starkville mines, they move to Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, where he works in the steel mills. Together they raise five children and create community despite hardship, making their own private paradise. It�s a family saga and an American story of immigration and assimilation where individuality and character are not lost.

Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker is every bit as lively as its title. Jakiela's wide-ranging dispatches from the land of polka, sex chairs, nut-rolls and fish frys are truly unforgettable.She sees human kindness and human folly in equal measure, and describes all of it vividly, Dinty W. Moore

Long admired as a poet, Richard Hague is also a masterful essayist. These essays exploring the creatures, places and occupations that make community are a joy to read and contain a wisdom we need now more than ever. an ode to the art of staying put. --Pauletta Hansel author of Palindrome