Breaking the Mould
Series: Picas Series
Publisher: Guernica Editions Inc.
Published: May 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781550711226
Subjects: Biography: general; Social history; History / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-); Biography / Autobiography; Literary Criticism; Ontario; LIT; LIT004080; General; Canada; Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-); History; Immigrants; Italian; Memoirs; Petrone, Penny; Biography & Autobiography / General; Canadian
First sentence: There was great rejoicing in the home of Luigi and Luisa Petrone on the day that I was born.
Description: "In this memoir Penny Petrone tells what it was like growing up in Northern Ontario as the daughter of parents who came to Canada from the class-bound feudal society of Southern Italy during the first quarter of this century when America was the dream of millions of Europeans. Ms. Petrone's experiences reveal the realities of the "good old days" of British imperialism and a "happy" ethnic upbringing.

Her book recounts not only her story but also that of thousands of uncelebrated working-class men and women who built Canada."--BOOK JACKET.