Joey White - Softcover

Spaventa, Lou

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999158511 ISBN 13: 9780999158517

Publisher: Spaventa Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Joey White, born Giuseppe di Bianco, is on a quest: first, for the woman he loves, second, for his professional self, third, for a place to call home, and finally, for a family of his own. His life in the Brooklyn of the 1940s holds nothing more than a low-level job with the local Mafia family, the di Carlos. Running from the mob in search of the woman he loves, but does not love him, Joey travels to the West Coast with his cornet, and learns to play jazz. Later, an Army hitch puts him the middle of the Korean War, and then a rehab spell in Japan. From there, Joey re-enters American society in the booming post-war period, but his stay is short-lived. He eventually finds himself in Italy, the country from which his family had emigrated decades before. There, his life would unfold in ways he could never have predicted.

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About the Author

Lou Spaventa was born in Brooklyn, New York, but a desire to see and know something beyond city borders, set him on a path to East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and South America, and began a lifelong interest in language and culture.. He became a Peace Corps Volunteer, a teacher trainer, a Fulbright lecturer, a U.S. foreign service officer., and finally a professor of English Skills at Santa Barbara City College. Lou has written and co-written several books and has been an online columnist. He is an avid swimmer and a semi-professional musician. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Spaventa Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0999158511
• ISBN 13: 9780999158517
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 274