Of the mysterious Night Blooming Cereus, Mary Cappello writes: "The flower fell into our neighborhood like a shooting star." That neighborhood was a working-class suburb of Philadelphia riven by class distinction and haunted by contradiction. In tracing the marks that immigration and assimilation have left on her Italian-American family, Cappello also offers us her family's unsung art-their gardens, letters, and rosary beads-for the lessons they teach us about desire, creativity, and loss.
| ISBN: | 9780807072172 |
| Publication date: | 10th October 1999 |
| Author: | Mary Cappello |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Bluestreak |
| Genres: |
Autobiography: general |
In tracing the marks that immigration and assimilation have left on her Italian-American family, Cappello also offers us her family's unsung art-their gardens, letters, and rosary beads-for the lessons they teach us about desire, creativity, and loss.
Night Bloom features in the following genres: Autobiography: general
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Night Bloom was written by Mary Cappello and published by Beacon Press
Night Bloom has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Bluestreak series