Donna di Sciacca: A Brooklyn Love Story, Hardcover

From the time they were children, Jeanette and Sonny were in separatable. They grew up in a tight Sicilian community. Only one year apart in age, they were raised as siblings, running wild around the streets of Brooklyn. By the time they were teenagers, their puppy love turned into something deeper. Kissing under the stars on top of the roof, they declared their love for each other. Unlike in Sicily, however, a relationship between cousins is condemned in America and they are pulled apart. Sonny's mother sends him to Boston to attend college. This separation leads Jeanette to marry someone else and move away from her family, but the relationship is doomed from the start. Upon the death of her mother, Jeanette returns to Brooklyn. She fulfills her father's desire to reconnect with his family back in Sciacca. In the process, she falls in love again. But her life is about to take another turn.

Donna di Sciacca by Janet Sierzant is an amazing book with a captivating plot and whose themes range from family and romance to loss and love. Edith Wairimu for Readers' Favorite