Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love & Freedom, (Hardcover)

from gaby317

Maria Laurino's book is part memoirs and part analysis of feminism in practice. The book begins with stories of her Italian American grandparents and the lives that they built for themselves in New Jersey. Sharing anecdotes from her mother's childhood of how her maternal grandfather who came to t...

from gaby317

Maria Laurino's book is part memoirs and part analysis of feminism in practice. The book begins with stories of her Italian American grandparents and the lives that they built for themselves in New Jersey. Sharing anecdotes from her mother's childhood of how her maternal grandfather who came to t...

from ImBookingIt

My biggest problem with this book is that it wasn't what I expected it to be. I'm not sure it is fair to hold that against it.On the other hand, I had a hard time figuring out what the book WAS supposed to be. I liked most of the parts. It was combining them into a whole that didn't always work f...

from whitreidtan

I have a soft spot for books dealing with the immigrant experience. I like reading about second and third generations and the methods they face in assimilation. Cultures that seem to have had success holding onto their traditions and beliefs even after crossing an ocean fascinate me. And I'm not ...

from chris227

When I saw this book I expected stories of big italiam families told about big italian family dinners. There was a little of this in Old World Daughter, New World Mother but not much. The book discusses family, gender issues, disability, child bearing and rearing. Basically, though, this is a boo...