The Fortunate Pilgrim

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.

First Sentence

LARRY ANGELUZZI SPURRED his jet-black horse proudly through a canyon formed by two great walls of tenements, and at the foot of each wall, marooned on their separate blue-slate sidewalks, little children stopped their games to watch him with silent admiration.

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Other Editions

• The Fortunate PilgrimAudio CassetteMedia Books Audio Publishing2000-05-01
• La MammaTapa DuraCírculo De Lectores1971-01-01
• Fortunate PilgrimFawcett1977-10-12
• Fortunate PilgrimFawcett1982-02-12
• Fortunate PilgrimMass Market PaperbackBantam1985-01-01
• THE FORTUNATE PILGRIMPaperbackMANDARIN1992-01-01