author patricia leudeman chiappa grew up in the levely suburbs of long island, new york. her ondest hildhood memory ws taking long drives on a scenic back country road with her grandparents, parents and her brorhter brian. christmas spent around her grandmnothers dining room table sharing old polish traditions and hr grandparents presenting a birthday cake to jesus while her brother and her sef sang hapy birthday. during her school years patricia was torumented by bullies and had to overcome a severe learning disability dslexia. patricia could not read orwrite until she was fourt more...
