num_pages: 128
description: Written to read like a memoir, this collection of poetry details the life of a family across generations and provides a moving and haunting portrait of the Italian mother who is the center around which this family revolves. But this is much more than a story about ethnicity; it transcends any single identity and explores instead the many ways in which people learn to identify themselves.
language: English
title: Italian Women in Black Dresses
titlecomplete: Italian Women in Black Dresses (Essential Poets Series 116)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Guernica Editions