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When We Were Strangers

When We Were Strangers

Author(s): Pamela Schoenewaldt

Location(s): Abruzzo, Cleveland, New York City (NYC)

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Late 1800s onwards

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Irma Vitale is a young woman in Abruzzo, her Mother dead, her father an alcoholic and she takes the opportunity to sail for America. This is the story of emigration to a new land and what awaits her and millions of others as they leave their home countries behind.

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Wonderful historical detail – I love this period of history and have also enjoyed Kate Kerrigans moving historical novels, of people moving lock, stock and barrel to the States – Nathalie Germont –

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