{"product_id":"esty-a-novel-memoir","title":"Esty: A Novel\/Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eBolinas, CA: Sanniti Publications, 2012.  Large octavo in b\u0026amp;w (sepia) photo illus stiff paper wraps; 215 pages: illustrations; 22 cm Very fine; as new. See photos. Paperback. ISBN: 9780965271417\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScarce book. \"Esty was my author's grandmother's nickname, short for Ezsther. The book originated from a manuscript that the author's mother gave him near the end of her life. She had began by writing a novel about her mother (Esty) and her romance with a nobleman for whom her parents worked, but then before too long drifted into a memoir about her own life including the family's ordeal during World War I, their migration to America in 1920, and her own forbidden romance with the author's Italian-born father. It is the latter that provides the juice of the story.\"— Publisher. \/ Immigrants -- Biography. Italian Americans -- Social life and customs -- Biography. Man-woman relationships -- Biography. Romance fiction -- Biography. Américains d'origine italienne -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Biographies. Relations entre hommes et femmes -- Biographies. Immigrants. Italian Americans -- Social life and customs. Romance fiction. Man-woman relationships. Genre\/Form: \tLocal author -- Bolinas (Calif.) -- DiStasi, Lawrence. Biographies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiStasi, Lawrence; DiStasi, Margaret Weisz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46056028340482,"sku":"94009.0","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_3_1acb71ed-495d-4011-a496-11eb92b51ab5.jpg?v=1744096597","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/esty-a-novel-memoir","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}