. . "Domestic fiction." . . "Domestic fiction" . "Italian American families." . . "Italian American families" . "Italian Americans." . . "Italian Americans" . "Immigrants." . . "General" . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . . "Domestic fiction" . . "An Italian Wife opens in turn-of-the-century Italy, when young Josephine Rimaldi is forced to follow her new husband to America in an arranged marriage, finding herself in a strange country with a man she doesn t know or love. Bound by tradition, she gives birth to seven children; the last, conceived in a passionate affair, Josephine must give up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life searching for this child, keeping her secret even as her other children, whose stories unfold in surprising ways, go off to war, get married, and make their own mistakes. Her son suffers in World War I; her daughter struggles to assimilate in the new world of the 1950s American suburbs; and her granddaughters experiment with the sex, drugs, and rock and roll of the 1970s. Poignant, sensual, and deeply felt, An Italian Wife is a sweeping and evocative portrait of a family bound by love and heartbreak." . "In turn-of-the-century Italy, fourteen-year-old Josephine, sheltered and naïve, is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America, where she later joins him. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret, and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life searching for her lost child, keeping her secret even as her other children go off to war, get married, and make their own mistakes." . . . "Italian wife"@en . . . . . "In turn-of-the-century Italy, fourteen-year-old Josephine, sheltered and naive, is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America, where she later joins him. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret, and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life searching for her lost child, keeping her secret even as her other children go off to war, get married, and make their own mistakes." . . "Italian Wife, An" . . . . . . . . . "An Italian wife" . "An Italian wife"@en . . . . . "An Italian immigrant watches her six children grow up while she searches for her seventh, the product of a love affair who was given up for adoption." . "An Italian immigrant watches her six children grow up while she searches for her seventh, the product of a love affair who was given up for adoption."@en . . "An Italian Wife"@en . "An Italian Wife" . . . "Historical fiction" . "The extraordinary story of Josephine Rimaldi spans more than seven decades, beginning in turn-of-the-century Italy, when at fourteen she is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret, and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life secretly searching for her lost child, even as her other children go off to war, get married, and make their own mistakes." . "Immigrants Fiction." . . "Large type books." . . "Families." . . "FICTION Family Life." . . "Italian American families Fiction." . . "Italian Americans Fiction." . . "Families Fiction." . .