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Jun 1, 1983 · Household Saints was more engaging: the story of an Italian-American family in post-WWII New York. Prose elevates the trials and tribulations of a humble family to something approaching legend.
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Apr 1, 2003 · Household Saints: A Novel. Paperback – April 1, 2003. by Francine Prose (Author) 3.7 121 ratings. See all formats and editions. The setting is New York's Little Italy in the 1950s -- a community closely knit by gossip and tradition. This is the story of an extraordinary family, the Santangelos.
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Sep 24, 2013 · Household Saints: A Novel Kindle Edition. by Francine Prose (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3.7 123 ratings. See all formats and editions. This tale of a family in Little Italy is “a minor miracle . . . documenting the madness and the grace of God in everyday life” (Newsweek).
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Jul 11, 2022 · 661613310. 214 pages ; 22 cm. Tells the story of the Santangelos, a family in New York's Little Italy. 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.
Jul 12, 1981 · July 12, 1981. From the very first sentence of Francine Prose's fifth novel, you know you're under the spell of a first-rate storyteller: ''It happened by the grace of God that Joseph Santangelo...
Apr 12, 2016 · Household Saints: A Novel This tale of a family in Little Italy is “a minor miracle . . . documenting the madness and the grace of God in everyday life” ( Newsweek ). On a 1950s September night so hot that the devout Catholics of Little Italy wonder if New York City has slipped into hell, the butcher Joseph Santangelo invites his friends to ...
Set in New York's Little Italy in the 1950s--a community closely knit by gossip and tradition--this is the story of an extraordinary family, the Santangelos. "[Prose] writes equally well about...
