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The author will take you hiking the Tuscan countryside.Immerse you in a cooking school, have you swimming off the Amalfi and Sicilian beaches, luxuriating in the sensual delights of Venice and enjoying music of the masters in magnificent churches.
Plagued by doubts about their upcoming retirement, Paul and Joyce decide to take an extended trip through Italy, and the decision becomes the spark for a life-changing experience.
Paul and Joyce enroll in cooking school, hike the sun-kissed Tuscan countryside, connect with long-lost family, and swim off the majestic Amalfi and Sicilian coasts. They fall in love with the sensual delights of Venice, immerse themselves in a religious service, and listen to music of the masters in magnificent churches.
Through their month of travel, the two gain a greater appreciation for the It | |  | | Salvatore and Maria: Finding Paradise
Salvatore travels alone at 13 to a new country to work in the coalmines, meets and marries Maria, the love of his life.Together they face hardships and challenges, working together to build a better life for them and their family
From quiet Pacentro, Italy in 1902, to the Starkville, Colorado mines and then on to the steel mills of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, this is the story of young immigrant Salvatore and his wife, Maria. Together, they raise five children and create community despite hardships, making their own private paradise. Here is a family saga and an American story of immigration and assimilation where individuality and character are not lost. |
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