Household Saints: A Novel

Household Saints: A Novel

It happened by the grace of God that Joseph Santangelo won his wife in a card game.

On a September night so hot that the good Catholics of New York wonder if their city has slipped into hell, the butcher Joseph Santangelo invites his friends to play pinochle. At the end of a long, sweaty, boozy evening, his friend Lino Falconetti, addled by wine and heat, bets the hand of his daughter, Catherineâ€”and Santangelo wins.

Santangeloâ€™s modern new wife clashes immediately with his superstitious, half-mad motherâ€”and Catherine is horrified when the daughter they raise turns out to have more in common with the old world than the new. As the years slide past, the city changes around them, but Little Italyâ€™s household saints hold their world together.
Country USA
Manufacturer Open Road Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-09-24
Format Kindle eBook

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