Heaps of Faith: The Life Story of Mary Ann Buscaino-Nicosia-Heaps

Heaps of Faith begins with three-year-old Mary Ann Buscaino huddled in a corner, frightened, as her Sicilian immigrant parents argued about her health issues. For this young Sicilian girl, it marked the onset of many bouts with life-threatening illness, family dysfunction, abuse, instability, tragedy and poverty. The fourth child of five; only daughter of Antonina and James Buscaino, Mary Ann moved 11 out of 12 years, constantly changing schools. At the age of 15, Mary Ann surrendered her l...