{"product_id":"three-dreamers-a-memoir-of-family-paperback","title":"Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLorenzo Carcaterra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As nourishing as a three-course Italian feast, this is a fierce, moving tribute to the ties that bind.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (Book of the Week) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSleepers\u003c\/i\u003e offers a heartfelt homage to the women who taught him courage, kindness, and the power of storytelling: his mother, his grandmother, and his late wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStanding with his children near his grandmother's grave on a recent trip to Ischia, an island off the coast of Naples, Lorenzo Carcaterra realized how much of his life has been shaped by the women who taught him how to look for joy and overcome sorrow. This book is his tribute to them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNonna Maria, his grandmother, gave him his first taste of a loving home during the summers he spent with her as a teenager on Ischia. With her kindness, her humor, and the same formidable strength she employed to make secret trips for food when the Nazis occupied Ischia during World War II, she instilled in him the importance of community, providing shelter for a boy whose home life was difficult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis mother, Raffaela, dealt with daily hardships: a loveless and abusive marriage, the burden of debt, and a life of dread. Though the lessons she taught were harsh, they would drive Lorenzo from the world they shared to the better one she always prayed he would find. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third woman is his wife, Susan, a gifted editor and his professional champion. Their marriage lasted three decades before her death from lung cancer in 2013. While their upbringings were wildly different, their love and friendship never wavered--and neither did her faith in Lorenzo's talent and potential as a writer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorenzo Carcaterra \u003c\/b\u003eis the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Safe Place, Sleepers, Apaches, Gangster, Street Boys, Paradise City, Chasers, Midnight Angels, The Wolf, Tin Badges, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePayback\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a former writer\/producer for\u003ci\u003e Law \u0026amp; Order \u003c\/i\u003eand has written for \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDetails\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaxim\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and is at work on his next novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766304506144,"sku":"9780593156735","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ea427e17735fa0a8b587c0e83ee18a6.webp?v=1780289787","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/three-dreamers-a-memoir-of-family-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}