Night Bloom: An Italian-American Life (Bluestreak)
Cappello's writing shines and, like the flowers she cherishes, offers fleeting glimpses of beauty.--Sara Ivry,New York Times Book Review"In this remarkable memoir, Mary Cappello explores the legacy of her family with not only grace of style but a kind of grace of being. . . . Fierce, honest, and deeply affecting."--Jay Parini, author ofBenjamin's Crossing"Cappello draws you deeply into her world and rewards you with rich description and sustained motifs. . . . She achieves an illumination that borders on epiphany."--Corene Lemaitre, Philadelphia City Paper"[A] story about . . . love's possibilities and impossibilities, and the beauty and danger that lurk in the garden of our lives."--Fred L. Gardaphe,Fra Noi"The literature of immigration has produced such notable works as the novels Giants in the Earth and Call It Sleep. . . . [Night Bloom] can take an honorable place among them."--Whitney Scott,Booklist