by Gail Reitano | Sep 3, 2021 | Writer's Blog
ALL SIX COPIES ARE IN USE! Thanks to my readers ~~ As a writer and reader, I depend on my public library – for academic publications I wouldn’t otherwise have access to, for rare out of print finds that still (thankfully) linger on shelves, for the... 
by Gail Reitano | Sep 3, 2021 | Highlights, Writer's Blog
I love reading about writers’ inspirations. When asked about mine, I dredged up memories I thought had disappeared forever. https://www.authorsanswer.com/interviews/gail-reitano 
by Gail Reitano | Aug 7, 2021 | Writer's Blog
When Éditions Anne Carrière and their fantastic translator, Marie de Prémonville, approached me and wanted to translate Italian Love Cake into French, my immediate thought was: what makes my novel appealing to a French audience? The novel takes place in the period... 
by Gail Reitano | May 7, 2021 | Writer's Blog
A Lasting Gift: Remembering My Friend Kim Chernin A Lasting Gift: Remembering My Friend Kim... 
by Gail Reitano | Mar 18, 2021 | Writer's Blog
The old Slape mansion (in need of a refurb) on the lake in my New Jersey hometown, was the inspiration for the Ashworth mansion in my novel, ITALIAN LOVE CAKE. Pictured here in 1952, before my aunt and uncle bought it. 
by Gail Reitano | Feb 25, 2021 | Writer's Blog
Heading to a wedding. From left: my grandmother, Anna Renzi, Aunt Helen, and Mom, all in white. Who said we never dressed up in our small rural town? ______ We liked to dress up. Here, with a very suntanned Aunt Maddy in the guest bedroom of her house that...
