The Scent of Lemons, Part One: A Sicilian Journey

By Anne Licata-Solaas

Sicily, 1897. Twelve-year-old Maria Liotta works for the powerful Abruzzi family and dreams of learning to read. When her grandfather dies, and her father's silence grows unbearable, she and her mother cross the Atlantic to find him.

What they find in America is not what they imagined.

One of those discoveries is Baldassare Licata-a face Maria knows from home, newly released from a brutal labor camp in New York. What begins as recognition becomes something more. But building a life together in Brooklyn means navigating the Black Hand's shadow and dangers the old country never prepared them for. New York itself becomes a threat, and they must choose between the life they have built and an uncertain road westward.

Based on the true story of the author's Sicilian family, The Scent of Lemons, Part One, unfolds between 1897 and 1911.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B099LBVF24
• ISBN13: 9798201862022
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Lemon Tree Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"