Louisa Ermelino

• Jan-1991
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Captures the pulse of Little Italy as Joey Dee, whose goal in life is to cruise Vegas in a blue Caddy, postpones his dream to save his slow-learning friend Vito, an accidental witness to a brutal murder, while fending off the amorous advances of his ...

• Mar-2001
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Three mothers--Teresa, Magdalena, and Antoinette--from New York's Little Italy, struggling to maintain their traditions while their sons chafe under the oppressive weight of their ethnic community, find their lives forever changed by the power of lov...

• Jun-2003
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The Mallone sisters look Irish, but don’t let their blue eyes fool you.“It’s all in how you say it,” their grandma Anona proudly says. “Ma-llone is Irish. Mal-lon-e is Italian.”Growing up Italian in the 1920s, in Hell’s Kitchen, an Iris...

• Aug-2016
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 “There is lyricism in the language of Ms. Ermelino’s splendid collection that lulls us, line after seductive line, from the mundane to the menacing. Malafemmena is the work of a bold and original writer.” -- Gay Talese “What Louisa Erme...