Italian-American Immigrant Dreams: A Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event ft. Suzanne Uttaro Samuels
Join Suzanne Uttaro Samuels at Old Stone House of Brooklyn on September 18th from 7-9pm to celebrate the release of her new historical fiction novel Seeds of the Pomegranate.
This event celebrates Italian-American immigrant stories. Authors Suzanne Uttaro Samuels, F.K. Clementi and Cathy Gigante-Brown will read from and discuss their new novels and their personal stories of immigration. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the dreams and struggles of Italian-American immigrants in a unique and intimate setting! This event is free to the public. Books will be sold. Light refreshments.
EVENT LOCATION:
Old Stone House of Brooklyn
336 3rd Street
New York City, NY
Fore more information, please visit the event page here.
About Seeds of the Pomegranate:
A gritty story of a woman learning to survive in 20th century Gangland New York
In early 20th-century Sicily, noblewoman Mimi Inglese, a talented painter, dreams of escaping the rigid expectations of her class by gaining admission to the Palermo Art Academy. But when she contracts tuberculosis, her ambitions are shattered. With the Sicilian nobility in decline, she and her family leave for New York City in search of a fresh start.
Instead of opportunity, Mimi is pulled into the dark underbelly of city life and her father’s money laundering scheme. When he is sent to prison, desperation forces her to put her artistic talent to a new use—counterfeiting $5 bills to keep her family from starvation and, perhaps, to one day reclaim her dream of painting. But as Gangland violence escalates and tragedy strikes, Mimi must summon the courage to flee before she is trapped forever in a life she never wanted.
About Suzanne Uttaro Samuels:
Suzanne Uttaro Samuels’ award-winning stories and essays have appeared in anthologies and print and online literary magazines. Seeds of the Pomegranate is her debut novel. The prequel to Seeds, The Orphans’ Wheel, set during the tumultuous 19th-century Italian Wars of Independence, is forthcoming from Sibylline Press. A lifelong resident of New York City, Suzanne now resides in the Adirondack Mountains.
