If you had the means to change your destiny, would you do it? Especially if it meant committing acts that are, let’s just say, not so legal? Destiny, fortune, and doing the “right thing” are key themes in Joe Giordano’s novel, Birds of Passage. The book tells the interwoven stories of characters like Azzura Medina,…
This riveting debut novel by Giordano charts the passage of two young Italian men to early twentieth century New York, as they strive to make their mark in the New World. Leonardo has a strong sense of rectitude, and respect for his family, yet a life in Naples, for him, signals a life wasted. Hugging…
Harvard Square Editions announces the publication of Birds of Passage, An Italian Immigrant Coming of Age Story, a debut novel by Joe Giordano. What turns the gentle mean, and the mean brutal? The thirst for wealth? The demand for respect? Vying for a woman? Birds of Passage recalls the Italian immigration experience at the turn…
