Helen Barolini

• Jan-1985
• / Contemporary Romance
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In this second novel the author thoughtfully tackles the pain involved when loving together and living together turn out to be irreconcilable. (The New York Times) A warm story, a very readable book. (Christian Science Monitor)...

• Jun-1985
• / General Fiction
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• Sep-1985
• / Historical Romance
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One of the first novels to explore Italian American women's experience and an acknowledged contemporary classic of Italian American literature, Umbertina tells the richly detailed story of four generations of women. The novel follows Umbertina and he...

• Jan-2001
• / General Fiction
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Fiction. MORE ITALIAN HOURS is an elegant, intelligent and, finally, luminous book - Carole Maso. These stories captured my attention from the beginning to the end. Barolini's telling details create the characters so vividly that I felt I could almos...

• Dec-2010
• / General Fiction
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Fiction. "In this seminal work, Helen Barolini tells the story of Frances Molletone grappling with her ethnic heritage as she falls in love with a married man. The author takes us to post-WW2 Italy, a little-documented era of turmoil, and we discover...

• Feb-2016
• / General Fiction
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Fiction. "In her engrossing VISITS, Helen Barolini the author of the classic "Umbertina" and editor of the equally classic Dream Book once again explores the complexities of an Italian heritage and an Italian- American futurity. Tracing her protagoni...