Angela Scipioni: 2 books

Inseparable sisters growing up in the '60s and '70s, Iris and Lily are the youngest daughters in a family of fourteen, struggling to survive in the chaotic Capotosti household. The rage of their hot-blooded Italian-American father, the demands and dictates of the Catholic church, the abuse and intimidation...

Hurt by a painful break-up which has left her without a boyfriend, a job, and a home, Jolene Whitacre fears that love and happiness will elude her forever. Working as a caterer aboard a tour boat on Cayuga Lake, she meets Filippo Garaventi, a debonair Italian hotelier who wins her over with his charm,...