The memoir
Piccolo Santino
My Calabrian Childhood in the ’50s. Then to New York Italian Style.
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A life in scenes
From Jonadi to New York.
Born into a large family in rural Calabria, Santino grows up amid hardship, humor, imagination, and an unshakable desire to learn. The family’s 1958 journey to America changes the landscape around him, but not the curiosity that moves the story forward.
The memoir follows a child’s eye through postwar Italy and into a new country, where school, art, animation, and family expectation begin to pull in different directions.
AuthorSal Mallimo
GenreMemoir
SettingCalabria to New York
EditionAvailable on Amazon
“A window into the past to be enjoyed in the present.”
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Read the prologue.
Meet Santino as the journey begins, then continue with the complete memoir.