Rosina

Rosina Zambelli is placed in an Italian convent as her parents leave Italy for America, promising to bring her over once they are settled. Two years later, when Rosina is 13, they send for her to join them just outside Boston. By this point, she has turned away from the strictures of religion. Ensconced in her parents' railroad flat, she begins working in a garment factory and enrolls in an English class. It is there that she meets Nicola Sacco and his younger brother Ferdinando, who is a g...