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She is the author of the nonfiction books Were You Always an Italian?, a national-bestselling memoir that explores how class prejudice and stereotypes affected Italian-American identity; the memoir Old World Daughter, New World Mother, a meditation on contemporary feminism; and The Italian Americans: A History, the companion book to a national ...
Laurino examined ethnic identity in her first book, Were You Always an Italian?, which was published in 2000 and became a national bestseller. Her second book, Old World Daughter, New World Mother (2009), a meditation on contemporary feminism, describes the pull and tug of growing up in an Old World family that prized dependence even as she ...
Jun 17, 2001 · by Maria Laurino (Author) 4.3 55 ratings. See all formats and editions. "One of the best books about the immigrant experience in America....unique and gracefully written."―San Francisco Chronicle. Maria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third-generation ...
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Jun 17, 2001 · Maria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third-generation ethnic identity.
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Jan 1, 2000 · 140 ratings17 reviews. "One of the best books about the immigrant experience in America....unique and gracefully written."―. San Francisco Chronicle Maria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third-generation ethnic identity.
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Feb 3, 2011 · "One of the best books about the immigrant experience in America....unique and gracefully written."—San Francisco Chronicle Maria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third-generation ethnic identity.
Maria Laurino is the author of Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love and Freedom (W.W. Norton, 2009) and Were You Always an Italian?, a national best-selling memoir about ethnic identity.
