Tunes from a Tuscan Guitar: The Life and Times of an Italian Immigrant Review
Posted by
Melind Brown
on 11/06/2012
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california history,
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immigrant experience,
italian americans,
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(More customer reviews)I had the good fortune to meet the author when he MC'd the 60th reunion of his high school class last year (no, I am not in that class, I was there to represent the Alumni Association) and roared along with his classmates at the tale of how he ended up at cross-town Washington High rather than his neighborhood Galileo.
Well, after reading this wonderful account of his grandfather's life, I know the man is a born storyteller! Despite his in-person charm, I wasn't expecting much out of this book, and I was so wrong -- I couldn't put this easy read down, and my mind instinctively pictured film scenes. Somebody buy the movie rights for this hidden gem!
I'll now have a new appreciation for those Eucalyptus trees in Burlingame.
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