Zora: The Life of an Ordinary Girl Living in Extraordinary Times
For Zora, a young Italian peasant girl, the thought of traveling to a new world with her new husband brought feelings of excitement, freedom and an opportunity to focus on what she wanted, getting out from under the yolk of her powerful mother.Leaving parents and country behind, she embarked on an adventure that would turn out to be both exhilarating and disappointing. Living during decades of enormous changes, wars, cultural chaos and periods of both depression and prosperity, she persisted in love and loyalty to her man and family, struggling to weave a life of constancy and flexibility while the winds of change swirled around her.
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Zora: The Life of an Ordinary Girl Living in Extraordinary Times
For Zora, a young Italian peasant girl, the thought of traveling to a new world with her new husband brought feelings of excitement, freedom and an opportunity to focus on what she wanted, getting out from under the yolk of her powerful mother.Leaving parents and country behind, she embarked on an adventure that would turn out to be both exhilarating and disappointing. Living during decades of enormous changes, wars, cultural chaos and periods of both depression and prosperity, she persisted in love and loyalty to her man and family, struggling to weave a life of constancy and flexibility while the winds of change swirled around her.
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Zora: The Life of an Ordinary Girl Living in Extraordinary Times

Zora: The Life of an Ordinary Girl Living in Extraordinary Times

by Gloria Hanson
Zora: The Life of an Ordinary Girl Living in Extraordinary Times

Zora: The Life of an Ordinary Girl Living in Extraordinary Times

by Gloria Hanson

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For Zora, a young Italian peasant girl, the thought of traveling to a new world with her new husband brought feelings of excitement, freedom and an opportunity to focus on what she wanted, getting out from under the yolk of her powerful mother.Leaving parents and country behind, she embarked on an adventure that would turn out to be both exhilarating and disappointing. Living during decades of enormous changes, wars, cultural chaos and periods of both depression and prosperity, she persisted in love and loyalty to her man and family, struggling to weave a life of constancy and flexibility while the winds of change swirled around her.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781449926212
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 12/17/2009
Pages: 142
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

Gloria Hanson is a retired clinical social worker who has written as an avocation for much of her life. She has recently placed writing at the very top of her"retirement bliss" list. Her words comprise poems essays, book reviews, non-fiction, and more recently--fiction. She currently resides in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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