A Circular Journey

A Circular Journey

Review. . .Suceeds as a unified work that takes the reader on a stimulating and satisfying voyage. - -Quaderni d'italianisticaA good read-even for the non-Italian! - -American-Italian Historical Association NewsletterIn this beautiful collection of essays, Helen Barolini weaves a powerful tale of the illusivenature of memory, the struggle for identity, and the yearning for balance and belonging in ourlives. With intelligence and grace, Barolini shows how we all carry pieces of the Old World in the New, and proves again to be a leading and inspiring voice for generations of Italian-American women.----Maria Laurino, author of Were You Always an Italian?: Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian America. . .Easily balances the punch of an editorial writer with the poise of a poet. - -Fra Noi15 essays trace some 30 years in the author's life, from her childhood in Syracuse, NY to adulthood in her beloved Italy and America.----Jamie Kyle McGillian, The Rivertowns EnterpriseWhat is best and most passionate about this memoir is following Barolini on her journey of self discovery as she becomes that woman. - -Feile-FestaA Circular Journey is an elegant, elegiac collection of essays documenting the experience of growing up Italian and female in suburban 20th-century America.----Mimi Pipino, Lake Erie CollegeIt is not just a book about recollections, but a journey-a circular journey to revisit the roots that acquired Italian identity, the discovery of the self, the closing of a circle. - -The Italian TribuneA Circular Journey collects for the first time in one book the essays that most powerfully define the unique gifts of one of America