01923cam a2200433 i 4500 287973518 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 140905s2014||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2014035405 9781410474308 1410474305 TxAuBib rda Hood, Ann, 1956- An Italian wife [large print] / Ann Hood. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014. 375 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print core series. The extraordinary story of Josephine Rimaldi spans more than seven decades, beginning in turn-of-the-century Italy, when at fourteen she is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret, and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life secretly searching for her lost child, even as her other children go off to war, get married, and make their own mistakes. 20170101. Italian Americans Fiction. Italian Americans. Italian American families Fiction. Italian American families. Families Fiction. Families. Immigrants Fiction. Immigrants. Large type books. Fiction Family Life. Fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Thorndike Press large print core series.