Italian Women in Black Dresses (Essential Poets Series 116)

Italian Women in Black Dresses (Essential Poets Series 116) by Mazziotti Gillan, Maria. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781550711561.

Written to read like a memoir, this collection of poetry details the life of a family across generations and provides a moving and haunting portrait of the Italian mother who is the center around which this family revolves. But this is much more than a story about ethnicity; it transcends any single identity and explores instead the many ways in which people learn to identify themselves.