Costanza And The Capocollo: From Italy To America

Costanza and the Capocollo takes its name from a provocative shopkeeper, Costanza, a brandished sausage, the capocollo, and an accursed shop counter that keeps interfering with life's accomplishments. It is an image of poor Southern Italy in the aftermath of the Second World War and the hard to imagine difficult conditions seen from the vantage of modern, prosperous Europe. It is a loving and often funny picture of family, friends, acquaintances and their foibles. grandparents, uncles, aunts and neighbors march through this memoir with the proviso that only the names have not been changed to protect the guilty. The struggle continues as the Casillo family emigrates to America working to bootstrap themselves up to the American dream through the legendary 1960's. Hard work, family support, and a little bit of luck ultimately bring success. Costanza and the Capocollo is an endearing, charming, bittersweet recounting of one family's encounter with adversity.

• | Author: Tony Casillo
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 300 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1536827800
• | ISBN-13: 9781536827804