I have recently published a second novel, The Second Date, which is a modern, humorous love story in the Italian-American community of North Jersey. Hope you will check it out. Here is a five-star review from Diane Salerni for POD Book Reviews:
Sonia Amundsen doesn't look Italian - and her name certainly doesn't sound Italian - but she...
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I have recently published a second novel, The Second Date, which is a modern, humorous love story in the Italian-American community of North Jersey. Hope you will check it out. Here is a five-star review from Diane Salerni for POD Book Reviews:
Sonia Amundsen doesn't look Italian - and her name certainly doesn't sound Italian - but she is. No one can understand why Sonia - tall, blonde, beautiful, loving, and intelligent - is nearing her thirtieth birthday and hasn't yet found true love. Helpful friends and relative set her up on a series of blind dates, which Sonia views as excellent fodder for the novels she writes, but not a likely source of romance for herself. In fact, Sonia has never gone on a second date with any of these men and now views The Second Date almost superstitiously as the hallmark of Mr. Right.
The Second Date is, in part, a comedy romance revolving around the dating adventures of Sonia Amundsen (very Italian, in spite of her half-Norwegian heritage), but it is also an endearing web of family stories that traces several generations of an Italian-American family. If you grew up in such a family, you'll immediately understand the references to "cash dances" at a wedding, plastic covers on the living room furniture, finished basements, and the power struggle over who cooks Thanksgiving dinner. You'll also recognize the overdone dramatics of Sonia's mother, who puts away "the breakables" when her daughter-in-law's mother comes to visit because she once saw the woman break a wine glass and who collapses into a sobbing heap when her son brings home a Jewish girlfriend.
Like a good antipasto, it's colorful, flavorful, and full of tantalizing little nuggets that aren't too filling - an excellent read, in fact, for anyone who grew up Italian-American in the 80's. And if you didn't - well, now you'll know what fun you were missing.
The publishing rights for "Pemberley Remembered" have been sold to Sourcebooks. The book has been retitled "Searching for Pemberley" and will be out in December 2009. For additional information and reviews, please visit my website:
http://www.searchingforpemberley.com
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