Ma Speaks Up: And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back

by Marianne Leone

Book Overview

The acclaimed actress and author of Jesse: A Mother's Story tells the "entertaining and moving" story of her outspoken, frequently outrageous Italian immigrant mother (Tom Perrotta)

Marianne Leone's Ma is in many senses a larger-than-life character, one who might be capable, even from the afterlife, of shattering expectations. Born on a farm in Italy, Linda finds her way to the United States under dark circumstances, having escaped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807060046
• ISBN13: 9780807060049
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"