Dawn in a Timid Sky - Softcover

McFadden, Ms Linda LaMura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1482014653 ISBN 13: 9781482014655

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

A novel, a saga of the di Martini family beginning with Michael, the heroic Italian general with ties to the ruling Bourbon French kings deposed by Garibaldi--and his brother Antonio, the steadfast if reluctant priest--their women, their politics and the musical connection leading to the American Civil War actress, Susan Lowell. Their stories are told by Ann di Martini who risks her job as a contemporary, non-fiction editor to create a novel drawn from her father's memoirs and her mother' diaries. It is up to Ann to survive her divorce and her affair with a well known actor. It falls to her to try to provide a powerful future for her family in today's story-telling kingdoms ruled by agents, theater, television and movie producers and prove there is more to a family's survival than getting through the night just to face another Dawn in a Timid Sky.

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From Kirkus Reviews:

"...an epic drama of romantic, filial and patriotic love played out over two centuries ...Michael di Martini and Susan Lowell come of age during...the Italian revolutions of the 1840's and the American Civil War ...woven into their narratives is the present day story of Ann di Martini ...all three characters are in various ways, performers, artists, soldiers and caretakers ...short chapters and quick changes of time and place provide intriguing parallels among those roles ...McFadden is an enjoyable storyteller...her descriptions ..evocative...reader interest in multiple story lines is sustained over nearly 600 pages. ...Big, brash and full of passion and warmth."

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1482014653
• ISBN 13: 9781482014655
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 588