Fleeing from a corrupt government and a nefarious priest whose ill-begotten money entwines their lives, the LaRosa family encounters the Spanish Influenza, World War I, and the Great Molasses Flood. Giovanni Giolitti, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, FDR, and Vito Cascio Ferro are thrust into this fictional novel based on actual events. Torn between the malignity of politics, war, and the Mafia and the benefit each can provide whether for the many or the one, conflict arises between a religious zealot and his wife, who believes that God helps those who help themselves. Meanwhile, their eight children take on parental traits in varying degrees and smack head-on into their own destinies.
Father Sandro's Money (LaRosa Chronicles)
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
father Sandro Money,
By Cynthia Godin (NH) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Father Sandro's Money (Paperback)
What a fantastic book! You need to read this work of art!This story is about the trials and tribulations of the LaRosa family. You will follow the family from Italy to America. Your heart will ache for Maria as she bids goodbye to her husband and two of her sons. Experience the joy they must have felt as the two are reunited and start their lives over in the New World. Share in the wonders of their lives and mourn their losses. You will laugh and cry in this riviting, emotion packed novel. Wow! What a creative woman K Spirito is to have given birth to such an excentric family and to have placed them in actual events in time.
5.0 out of 5 stars
an emotional story,
By A Customer
This review is from: Father Sandro's Money (Paperback)
The book was well titled and very fascinating. The research that was done was well noticed. I enjoyed the book for it was one I didn't want to put down it took me a day and a half. In fact I have read it twice. The things that a mother will do for her childred are so true as she has written. How everything came together at the end was great.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Father Sandro's Money,
By Carol Brooks (Merrimack, NH USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Father Sandro's Money (Paperback)
Father Sandro's Money is an intricate story of the LaRosa family who escape from poverty and an abusive priest in Italy to build a new life in the United States. K weaves the fictional story into true historical events with descriptive details. You can almost smell the molasses in the streets of Boston! Once you start this book, it is almost impossible to put down until you have finished it. You will find yourself cheering on Maria and her family as they overcome obstacles and become successful in their new homeland. A wonderful read, can't believe it is K's first published work. I eagerly anticipate more books from her in the future.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
