Christine Caligiuri
Bio: Christine Caligiuri, a Creighton University graduate, former teacher and mother of six, traveled to Southern Italy in 1989 where she discovered a cousin living in her grandparents' former home. This became the ultimate incentive for telling Clerina's story.
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Treasure of My Heart [MultiFormat]
by Christine Caligiuri
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A naive, young Clerina is brought by her much beloved husband, Leonardo, from the towering, mystical mountains of Southern Italy to America's flat Heartland where there is promise of better livelihood. As she struggles to understand an alien culture, reels from deaths of children, and agonizes over bitter letters from her disapproving mother in Italy, her spirit gradually fades. The story mirrors the trauma of many immigrants to this country. It also faithfully depicts ordinary life in the Itali... more info>> 2004
Words: 60195 - Reading Time: 171-240 min.
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