I Will Come Back for You: A Family in Hiding During World War II
Everyday Nonna (Grandmother) changes her jewelry with the exception of her charm bracelet. Like most charm bracelets, each charm represents one important aspect of Nonna’s life. The bracelet and the charms had been a gift from her daughter and prove to be an interesting way to talk about what happened to Nonna’s family during the war.
One day, while looking at the charms, her granddaughter expresses an interest in hearing the story behind each one – a donkey, a piano, a bicycle, a piglet, a barn, a spinning wheel and a ship – that hang on it.
Charm by charm Nonna’s story unfolds beginning with what life was life for her affluent Jewish family in Rome. These were happy, busy times for the children. But one day things
Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family
“A wonderful book about figuring out who we are and who we want to be when we grow up. It’s also about being an American—especially a first-generation American.” —Roz Chast
This graphic-novel debut from an acclaimed picture book creator is a powerfully moving memoir of the author's experiences with family, religion, and coming of age in the aftermath of World War II, and the childhood struggles and family secrets that shaped her.
It’s s New York, and Marisabina Russo is being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic school that she loves—but when she finds out that she’s Jewish by blood, and that her family members are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, her childhood is thrown into turmoil. To make matters more complicated, her father is out of the picture, her mother is ambitious and demanding, and her older half-brothers have troubles, too. Following the author’s young life into the tumultuous, liberating s, this heartfelt, unexpectedly humorous, and meticulously illustrated graphic-novel memoir explores the childhood burdens of memory and guilt, and Marisabina’s struggle and success in forming an identi
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Marisabina Russo Biography & Facts
Russo is a common Southern Italian and Sicilian surname. It is the Southern counterpart of Rossi and comes from a nickname indicating red hair or beard, from russo, russë and russu, from Late Latin russus or rubius, Classical Latin rubeus, "red". Geographical distribution As of , % of all known bearers of the surname Russo were residents of Italy (frequency ), % of the United States (,), % of Argentina (,), % of Brazil (,), % of France (,) and % of Australia (,). In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average () in the following regions: 1. Campania () 2. Sicily () 3. Calabria () 4. Apulia () 5. Basilicata () In Argentina, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (,) in the following provinces: 1. Buenos Aires (,) 2. Buenos Aires Province (,) In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (,) in the following states: 1. Connecticut (,) 2. Rhode Island (,) 3. New Jersey (,) 4. New York (,) 5. Massachusetts (,) 6. Florida (,) 7. Pennsylvania (,) 8. New Hampshire (,) 9. Louisiana (,) Delaware (,) Nevada (,) Maine (,) In Brazil, th
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Growing Up In My Immigrant Family
What was it like to be raised as a Catholic in a family of Jewish Holocaust survivors? In my first graphic memoir, I follow my life from first grade in the postwar s to my teens in the tumultuous, liberating s. Using both humor and compassion I explore the challenges of being the first born American in a family of immigrants.
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A wonderful book about figuring out who we are and who we want to be.
- Roz Chast
Why Is Everybody Yelling? is a marvel. It is so compelling, I couldn’t put it down. It is a humorous, surprising, thoughtful look at identity, family, religion―life.”
- Kevin Henkes
I absolutely loved this book. It was honest and raw.
- Dan Santat
An unvarnished look at one complicated, opinionated, and personality-filled family. - The Horn Book, *starred review
Ably conveyed through the many frames that capture heated, hurtful exchanges, delivered with practiced nonchalance at family gatherings, by adults who will not, or cannot, abandon their dysfunctional communication. As read
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