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The Italian Wife (2014)

by Ann Hood(Favorite Author)

2.64 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

review 1: This book started out OK, but went downhill quickly from there. This is a multi-generational tale spanning many decades and I found myself flipping to the chart in the front more than once to keep track of who all these people are. Then the author spend precious little time on some characters. She just leaves you hanging, wondering what happened with them. Almost like "jump cuts" in the movies, there's just a short vignette of someone, then on to the next. Very discombobulating to the reader. Plus there was way too much emphasis on sexuality. I liked other books by this author but this one was a big disappointment. Don't bother.
review 2: A Italian Wife is a story of Josephine Rimaldi. She was a young girl (15 years) who reluctantly enters into an arranged mar... moreriage with a man who emigrates to the United States. She has seven children, one was an affair with the love of her life. Josephine allows this baby girl to be adopted and sadly she lives with this secret forever.This is a generational story, briefly revealing her children's lives and then her grandchildren. A strong sexual current runs through the series of interconnected short stories. The chapters always revolve around Josephine, her sorrows, the church and its powers and how Josephine remained truly Italian, even after living in the States for 30 years. less

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