If You Eat, You Never Die: Chicago Tales

In a neighborhood on Chicago's outskirts, Fabio and Lucia Comingo have built a new American life--and struggle to comprehend the influences that distract and change their restless young sons. Through this masterful evocation of a time and place, Tony Romano, the acclaimed author of When the World Was Young, brings a first-generation Italian American family vividly and poignantly alive in closely related tales at once joyous, heartbreaking, and honest. Weaving two dozen stories into a stunning, cohesive family history, Romano gives readers hope for togetherness amid the painful generational cycle of loss and redemption--as children grow and learn, and decide which treasures of cultural inheritance they will cherish.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 12/23/2008
ISBN: 9780060857943
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.70d
Award: Society of Midland Authors Award - Finalist

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2008 pg. 1090
Publishers Weekly 10/20/2008 pg. 33
Booklist 12/15/2008 pg. 23
Library Journal 01/15/2009 pg. 86
School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 152