num_pages: 208
description: An Italian-American tomboy recounts her father's work as a lawyer to mobsters, her feelings of dislocation when her family moved up in the world, and her experiences in a prestigious but less diverse high school. By the author of Pagan Babies.
language: English
title: Life Al Dente: Laughter and Love in an Italian-American Family
titlecomplete: Life Al Dente: Laughter and Love in an Italian-American Family
genres: Humor, Biography, Cooking, Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 83
publisher: Atria