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Wait Until Spring, Bandini by John Fante |
This is the first book in the Bandini Quartet, about an Italian family on the breadline in Colorado (presumably in 1938, when it was written). The father is an unsuccessful and frustrated bricklayer whose wife's only real passions are him and her religion. Their three sons are left to themselves and mostly unable to cope with their circumstances and dysfunctional parents. This book is beautifully written and completely heartbreaking. I will read the rest immediately.
(Julie Higgins - bwl 59 Winter 2011 ) |
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