This world can be so cold.
Today we're young, too soon we're old.
This is the tragic tale of a young man, the story of my father Francesco Cheech Caruso and his native country of Sicily. As the youngest of seven sons born to Pasqualina and Joseph Caruso of Caltagirone Sicily, the burden of managing the family business and farm fell to him over the protest of his older brothers. The chain of events that led him as a young man to leave all he knew to seek a new life in a country that he knew nothing about are compelling and life altering. The decision he made would always be regretted and never be reversed. He could never go home. No one can.
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Reviews for "This Bitter Earth"
Reviewed by C Martin
12/23/2013
I lived in Cheech Caruso's world for a short time as I was editing this book. It was fascinating - at times, heart-breaking. With this true story, the author takes us along on his father's journey from birth and early life in Sicily to Cheech's immigration and first experiences in New York. In addition, I would recommend this book to those who are interested in the early formation of the Mafia in Sicily. I followed up on some of the research already done for the book, and I can promise you it is interesting as well as informative. It is real. I emerge from this project with a greater understanding of Sicily, the Italian community ... and Cheech.
PI novel set in Manhattan during the 1980s when art galleries and model agencies were the two most glamorous businesses in the world. Dangerously well written.
Read Chapter 1 here: https://www.lit4u.com/art-and-beauty-chapter-1/
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