European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Book Talese unleashes hostile memories in a unto the sons by Josh Getlin los Angeles times Gay Talese at 60, has finally decided to understand a but not forgive a his immigrant father. Like so Many stories of fathers and sons this one is about guilt and a grudge. Growing up during world War ii Young Gay Learned what it meant to live a double life. Outsiders viewed his dad Joseph As a hard working tailor and a Patriot. But in the privacy of his Ocean City n.j., Home the old Man grieved Over relatives fighting for Italy against american troops. One morning he snapped. Enraged by the latest . Bombing raid Over Naples Joseph Talese stormed into Gays bedroom and smashed his songs prize collection of Model american warplanes. The boy rushed out of the House in tears and disbelief screaming that he hated his father. A i done to know if i Ever forgave him for that a says Talese today relaxing in the study of his Manhattan townhouse. A but i understand. I understand it now because of history. Developing a sense of history of where you came from can explain so Many it can also take up 10 years of your life. In his new Book unto the sons the author of such Best Sellers As Honor thy father and the kingdom and the Power digs into his italian ancestry to answer a nagging question How did his father a 16-year-old tailors apprentice from Calabria come to ply his Trade in a new Jersey resort town Talese a exhaustive look at the roots of italian Ameri can immigration reaches Back into Antiquity and european history before focusing on the drama of his fathers 1920 arrival at Ellis Island in new York the port of entry for millions of would be americans. After 10 years of patient digging he has filled 633 pages with military history sociology and ruminations on the meaning of leaving ones native land. In s i is iks Gay Talese digs up italian american roots. Its a hugely relevant theme 500 years after Columbus and Talese suggests that the stories of ital Ian americans Mirror other cultures As Well. Most americans Are from somewhere else he says and even the most Long buried loyalties can erupt when a nerve is struck. Talese Points out for example that . Jews with Little connection to Israel were enraged when iraqi rockets rained on Tel Aviv during the persian Gulf War. But he also explores a Darker Side to the immigrant Saga. Although american culture deities Many who went to the United states to Start a new life the author suggests that these pioneering men and women were also deserters who left families and traditions behind often rationalizing their decisions. Like Many first generation italian americans Talese carries the inner Village with him at All times. If sceptics need More proof he adds they should look no further than new York gov. Mario Cuomo whose ancestors also Hail from Southern Italy. A the Cuomo chooses to remain close to his area of familiarity which in this Case happens to be Albany a Talese says. A the does no to stay away from Home very much and his closest adviser is his son talking about family connections. His wife is sicilian. This Man i suggest no less than me has a Village Shady doctoring in mystery a Blind sight by Randi Henderson the Baltimore Sun Blind sight by Robin Cook Putnam. With a dozen successful novels behind him Cook would be a fool to give up the formula that has stood him in such Good Stead. Take a Beautiful doctor plop her into a treacherous situation stir in a generous helping of medi Calese for authenticity and season with a Light Romance. All the ingredients Are in Blind sight the doctor turned novelists latest Effort. Laurie Montgomery is a new York City forensic pathologist who suspects something fishy when a succession of prosperous Yuppie types ends up on slabs in the medical examiners office after cocaine overdoses. But Why Are her Bosses squelching her investigation is there any connection to the suave ophthalmologist her parents want her to Date a Man forever on the Hunt for a Cornea source could Laurie find True love with the Colombo like cop who shares her suspicions and what does the mafia have to do with All this relating to her a sister by Jorge a. Banales up Sisters by Julia Lieblich Ballantine books. This is the Story of four Battle scarred Tough women whose Faith and calling have taken along the bumpy Road of . Catholicism from the latter Days of pre Vatican ii to today a search for new ways to live out an old vocation. Journalist Lieblich has had a Long Friendship with these women and her Book follows their experiences inserting valuable information about their or Dersy history the record of religious women in the past 1,700 years and the travails of christianity in the second half of the 20th Century. The quartet includes Donna Quinn who attained National prominence As one of the signers of a 1984 new York times and calling for dialogue on abortion Catherine of Reilly a contemplative grappling with an evolving perception of god Darlene Nicgorski who was put on trial for harbouring Central american refugees and Mary Aileen Dame whose particular transformation began in the poorest Barrios of latin America. Lieblich is obviously sympathetic to her a Sisters a but she was also Able to put hard questions to them while carrying on a serious analysis of the role and future of nuns. New York times list fiction 1 the Pelican Brief by John Grisham Iasi week 1. 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