"A DELIGHT. GAIL REITANO PENS A SUCCESSFUL FIRST NOVEL ABOUT INTIMATE AND POLITICAL TURMOIL."
CURRENT WOMAN
"A SUPERB NOVEL THAT OPENS UP A PART OF THE HISTORY OF ITALIANS IN AMERICA IN 1938. AND ABOVE ALL, A STORY OF A GREAT WOMAN WHO WANTS TO GET BY DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES OF LIFE."
LIBRAIRIE ZANNINI
"THIS BOOK IS BEAUTIFUL, STRONG AND POWERFUL. A PORTRAIT OF A DETERMINED WOMAN WHO WILL LEAD HER LIFE AS SHE WISHES IN A WORLD OF MEN, WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY. IF YOU LIKED ELENA FERRANTE'S BOOKS, YOU WILL LIKE THIS ONE. BUY THIS BOOK, AND MAKE IT LAST, IT IS SO GOOD."
FNAC
Reviews
KIRZY 2/1/2022
Gail Reitano immerses us in the daily life of a young Italian American woman, second generation. There is something of Elena Ferrante in Liberata, but without her sometimes dissonant harshness. Here, we are rather in a comfortable novel, very "feminine", with beautiful feelings, family secrets revealed but without ever falling into mawkishness, nor into ordinary romance.
ALEXSOLE 5/22/2022
I loved this novel that is both engaging and informative about the Great Depression and Italian culture. The characters are endearing and you wonder how she will get through it. It's been a long time since I've been a little sad to leave a world and its characters at the end of a novel.
MUSEMANIA 5/4/2022
This is a novel that totally surprised me because I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I did. It seduced me, enthralled me and conquered me to the point that I couldn't let go.