{"product_id":"the-war-ends-at-four-paperback","title":"The War Ends at Four - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRosanna Staffa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a bravura performance.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRobin Lippincott, author of \u003ci\u003eBlue Territory: A Meditation on the Life and Art of Joan Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe War Ends at Four\u003c\/i\u003e explores the quest of a perpetual outsider looking for a true home while coming to terms with the Italy she left behind and the America she found. Renata, an Italian acupuncturist in Minneapolis, falls madly in love with a charismatic actor. Once married, she discovers his passion is not focused on her alone. With her marriage and her small acupuncture clinic in crisis, she is called to her father's deathbed in Milan. There Renata again faces the slights she suffered in childhood as the daughter of an immigrant from Naples. Gripped by grief and anxiety over her future, she discovers that her father, a survivor of WWII, believed until the end in risk-taking as a life-affirming necessity. With newfound courage, Renata stumbles into the lure of an old love and the magic of a new one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosanna Staffa\u003c\/b\u003e is an Italian-born author. Her work can be found in \u003ci\u003eBest Short Fictions 2021, The Sun, Tampa Review, Gargoyle, \u003c\/i\u003e and other literary magazines. She is the winner of 2020 TSR Nonfiction Prize, a Pushcart nominee, and a McKnight Recipient. She is a member of The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. \u003ci\u003eThe War Ends at Four \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.47 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772461252896,"sku":"9781646033317","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc644532b96dd9470b50faebd1a07418.webp?v=1780406235","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-war-ends-at-four-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}