Spirito Splendido [Paperback]

Dee Schore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2006

Spirito Splendido, is a humorous look at life from a precocious child's perspective as she grows up in 1940's New York while her father is away during the war years. Grandfather is in the Mafia, matriarchal grandmother rules the household, and glamorous Mom dreams of the day her husband will return and reunite the family. The rude awakening comes when this Marine comes home and moves his family from the glamour of New York to Camp Lejeune, where daily life includes military discipline, chopping wood for the stove, and making new friends. But through it all, the Sauter family's creativity flourishes and they impact the lives of all they touch. This book of vignettes is a must for all ages and a new primer on how to raise the precocious, creative child.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Divine Mercy Press (November 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975547194
• ISBN-13: 978-0975547199
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,886,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grab some coffee, and enjoy!, February 14, 2007

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G. Lee "NightReader" (San Diego, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spirito Splendido (Paperback)

This is a book for a rainy afternoon. It takes you to a warm place that makes you want to curl up in your favorite spot with your favorite warm beverage and enjoy! The book doesn't always refer to the weather, but as you read you see the stories unfolding in a sunny setting.

I enjoyed the author's use of regional dialects. It brings color to the character's that star in her childhood memories. I felt like I was in New York during WWII and I could almost smell the Pasta on the stove.

Reading this book took me back to a time when I was a child and I loved listening to the adults talk. I found it to be like comfort food! It made me think of my parents and all the good food and conversation that made up my world when I was young.

If you want a book that has Humor, surprise, and some bitter sweet memories, then this is a book for you to add to your collection. It is a book you will find yourself reading again and again just for the shear pleasure of losing yourself in MS.Schore's engaging family memories.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The beauty of innocence., January 18, 2007

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Terence J. Mcmanus - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spirito Splendido (Paperback)

Dee Schore has produced a delightful and magical tale of the joys of imagination and innocence. The child in this story is at once every child and no child ever known. I couldn't help but marvel at her resilience and coping skills as a child from a multi ethnic family from the heart of the melting pot that is America. How many times during my reading did I wish to reach out and pluck young Dee and make her my own?

I highly recommend Spirito Slendido as a must read for anyone who has ever imagined or dreamed of princes or angels or anything beyond the confines of their mother's apron strings. I trust there will be more from Ms. Schore.

Terence J. McManus

Waxahachie, Texas

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT A PRECIOUS BOOK!, February 12, 2010

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Anne Salazar "inveterate reader" (Huntington Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spirito Splendido (Paperback)

This is such a special little book in so many ways. For one thing, the photos of Dee and her beautiful family, mostly taken in the 1940s, are cute beyond description. In chapter after chapter Dee tells stories of her childhood with this beautiful family who let her be herself without a lot of rules (other than the basic ones of being polite, being safe, etc.) Her beloved grandparents and aunts adored Dee and encouraged her questions and precociousness. She did indeed have a wonderful free and loving and artistic spirit and I am so glad she shared this little bit of her life with us.

What has become of Dee since? Maybe she will write more for us? That would be wonderful.

This book was published by a small press with no pub date, but this book begs to be more widely seen and read and would sell quickly just because of the cover photo. WHY do small presses publish wonderful books and then not make them available to the general reader? I have to search every nook and cranny on Amazon to find books such as these.