Title: The fortunate pilgrim
First published: 1964
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.
Subjects: Immigrants, Fiction, Autobiographical fiction, Italian Americans, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Fiction, general, Italian americans, fiction, Large type books, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, thrillers
Places: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)