Dear Sister
Letters Home to Sicily from Wartime America
by author Professor Pauline Spatafora
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 – 6:00pm
A unique insight into the lives of Italians and Italian Americans during the tumultuous World War II Period and based on actual letters written by the author's mother to her aunt in Sicily. This is a book that will touch everyone regardless of country of origin. This is a voyage that is not only literal but symbolic for Anna, the young woman away from family and friends – embarking on a journey filled with surprising twists.
About the Author:
Pauline M. Spatafora has had extensive experience in Corporate Management. (Director of Housing for Cornell University Medical College.) She has a background in theatre, dance and music, and as the former president of P. S. Communications, designed and taught specialized programs in Communication Skills, Speech & Accent Correction and numerous workshops for Health care Professionals. For the past twenty-three years she has been a Professor of English at CUNY. Education: undergraduate studies at Queens college and graduate degree at New York University. Pauline has written three books: Proper Pronunciation Made Easy, The Absent Mother-A Psycho literary study of Virginia Woolf, and her latest, Dear Sister a book of letters from her mother in America to her aunt in Sicily during the tumultuous World War Two Period.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 – 6:00pm
Italian American Museum
155 Mulberry Street
New York, NY 10013
(Suggested Donation of $5 per person)
Seating is limited
To reserve a place for this event please call the
Italian American Museum at (212) 965-9000
or
email: info@italianamericanmuseum.org
