Overview
Based on his emotional, honest, and occasionally humorous letters to his wife during World War II, Joy Passanante's Through a Long Absence: Words from My Father's Wars tells the story of one man coming of age as a young surgeon performing operations in tents under fire, struggling in St. Louis as a child bootlegger and the son of Sicilian immigrants, and taking up a passionate love affair with his Jewish wife.
- | Author: Joy Passanante
- | Publisher: Mad Creek Books
- | Publication Date: Aug 23, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 280 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
- | ISBN-10: 0814254241
- | ISBN-13: 9780814254240
