Ciro and his brother are abandoned as young boys and left to live in an Italian convent. Raised by the nuns, they grow to be wonderful young men. When Ciro sees the priest behaving innappropriately, he is banished from the convent and the nuns arrange to send him to America. Enza is a young Italian girl who leaves her beloved Italy to go make a living in America to help her family buy a new home. They both end up in New York City, he as a shoemaker's apprentice and she as a seamstress who works her way into a job as a costume designer at the Metropolitan Opera. The two cross paths several times and eventually marry. Their love story is a beautiful one, told only as Adriana Trigiani can tell it.
This is supposed to be the story of Adriana Trigiani's grandparents. It is a lovely story. Trigiani has a way of creating characters that are warm, human and so memorable. Ciro was a wonderful man and Enza an amazing woman and wife. I loved this book and I will treasure it's memories for a very long time.
Rating - A+
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