The fortunate pilgrim
By: Mario Puzo.
Edition: 1st Random House, Inc. ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Italian Americans -- Fiction; Immigrants -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Description: Lucia Santa has traveled three thousand miles of dark ocean, from the mountain farms of Italy to the streets of New York, hoping for a better life. Instead, she finds herself in Hell's Kitchen, in a bad marriage, raising six children on her own. As Lucia struggles to hold her family together, her daughter confronts the adult world of work and romance while her eldest son is drawn into the mafia. Meanwhile, her youngest son aspires to American pursuits she cannot understand.