{"product_id":"between-the-sauce-stars-and-heaven-a-memoir-of-love-loss-and-the-tables-that-raised-us-9798999016829","title":"Between The Sauce, Stars and Heaven: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Tables That Raised Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetween the Sauce, Stars and Heaven\u003c\/strong\u003e is a lushly told memoir of one family's century-long climb from a sun-baked village in southern Italy to the Sunday-scented kitchens of New Jersey-and the sky-wide promise of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom twelve dollars sewn into a steerage coat to a panoramic front porch that became the Basenese command center, Lou Basenese Jr. traces four generations of grit, garlic, and grace. He introduces readers to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGabriel \u0026amp; Donata-the Ellis-Island newlyweds who traded olives and poverty for factory whistles and freedom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncle Angelo-roguish charmer, porch pick-pocket, legend gone too soon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLouie \u0026amp; Eva-parents who stitched faith into every meal and discipline into every heartbeat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristopher-a son lost to fentanyl poisoning, whose final letter still rewrites the author's soul.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way Lou survives Wall-Street boardrooms, a shattering business collapse, and a twelve-minute death on a California sidewalk-revived only by the relentless CPR of his wife, Laura.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThreaded through with handwritten recipes, small-town football nights, and a near-audible chorus of Italian-American aunts, \u003cstrong\u003eBetween the Sauce, Stars and Heaven\u003c\/strong\u003e is a testament to second chances, table-wide forgiveness, and the stubborn belief that even the heaviest stories can rise-like a ladle of Sunday sauce-toward heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lou Basenese, Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999016829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Lou Basenese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258238533813,"sku":"9798999016829","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c0a9d506-ca6b-4ec5-9c51-f6c067a7905e.jpg?v=1750814516","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/between-the-sauce-stars-and-heaven-a-memoir-of-love-loss-and-the-tables-that-raised-us-9798999016829","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}